Although the IBM i is one of the most securable servers available, it doesn’t come that way from the factory. PowerTech’s State of IBM i Security study has shown that most organizations still fail to take adequate steps to secure their data or the server.

PowerTech has compiled a list of the ten most common and important IBM i security risks. We will share them with you to help you identify your own vulnerabilities and prioritize their correction. Attend this informative Webinar to gain insight into the top ten security vulnerabilities and recommendations of how to fix them.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for IBM i. A frequent speaker on security topics, he co-authored the RedbookIBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by e-mail at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

Everyone knows that security is important, but getting started on the road to compliance can be confusing and intimidating. Understanding common vulnerabilities helps you focus your attention and resources on the areas that need the most help.

We all want “best-practice” security, but what are top organizations doing to achieve and maintain it? Attend this session to learn the details about how to develop the seven habits that are part of daily life for secure organizations. You’ll learn how to:

You’ll learn about auditing these critical areas:

• Break the Ostrich Syndrome
• Develop a Security Policy
• Assess Current Standing
• Perform Security Event Logging and Review
• Use “Best of Breed” Technologies
• Monitor for Ongoing Compliance
• Plan For The Future

This session examines what each of these habits means to the IBM i, and helps you make sure that you don’t become the next security statistic.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, August 11, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for IBM i. A frequent speaker on security topics, he co-authored the RedbookIBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by e-mail at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

For the past seven years, PowerTech has compiled audit data trends from over 1,500 servers into the annual “State of IBM i Security” study. Each year, the study identifies many of the same vulnerabilities, suggesting that IBM i shops are still not where they need to be in terms of security and auditing.

Join us for this Webinar where you’ll learn how to get started auditing your IBM i server, and how PowerTech’s compliance assessment tool can perform a personalized review of your environment—in under 15 minutes!

You’ll learn about auditing these critical areas:

• System Values
• Network Access, such as FTP and ODBC
• User Profiles
• Special Authorities
• Event Auditing

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for IBM i. A frequent speaker on security topics, he co-authored the RedbookIBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by e-mail at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

UPDATE: New 2010 study released.

PowerTech publishes a popular study of the configuration of IBM System i servers each year, called The State of IBM i Security. Now in its seventh year, we continue to see many of the same vulnerabilities reported to us through an anonymous auditing process.

The report includes a review of six main audit categories:

• Network access
• System values
• User settings
• Administrative rights
• Public authority to data
• Event auditing.

View this informative Webinar for insight into the 2010 edition of the study and to learn what steps your own organization should take to address the same commonly overlooked and dangerous security exposures.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment, as well as a copy of the full 2010 study.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for IBM i. A frequent speaker on security topics, he co-authored the RedbookIBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by e-mail at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

Did you know that IBM i includes powerful auditing features? In fact, our own class-leading audit reporting solution leverages the information captured by the operating system. Join this Webinar—based on content previously presented at COMMON—to learn about activating and configuring the auditing capabilities inherent to IBM i.

Join this Webinar to understand:

• Security audit journal
• Audit data management
• Configuring the audit system values
• A user profile’s *AUDIT special authority
• Object auditing
• User auditing
• Basic reporting capabilities
• Advanced reporting options

You’ll also learn about what system auditing does NOT capture, and how to prevent it from causing you to fail an audit.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for IBM i. A frequent speaker on security topics, he co-authored the RedbookIBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by e-mail at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

PowerTech’s leading Network Security exit point solution recently has been updated with a more intuitive user design, and a number of exciting new features.

Join this Webinar to understand:

• The new self-extracting installation procedure
• Selective exit point activation
• Creating object-level rules
• Interface design changes

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for IBM i. A frequent speaker on security topics, he co-authored the Redbook IBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by e-mail at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

At one time or another, every system administrator and security officer faces the question “who did it?” IBM i can audit numerous events and you should be using its capabilities. However, what happens after you collect the event data? How do you convert the raw data into useful information?

Auditors and internal policy controls often require the review of numerous security details and configuration metrics. Not only is this time-consuming—especially when multiplied across many systems—it’s a resource-intensive process. Often, we do it only when we have to instead of as part of an ongoing security plan.

Join this Webinar to understand:

• How to configure IBM i to record system and user events
• What activities can (and cannot) be audited
• What mechanisms are available to extract audit data from the audit journal
• What other information does an auditor want to see
• How to step up to the next level of audit reporting with PowerTech Compliance Monitor

This event will include an online Compliance Monitor demo.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Paul Culin, PowerTech

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

Paul “Paulie” Culin is a security advisor with the PowerTech Group. As a product expert, he manages client training and implementation engagements, and hosts security presentations, Webinars, and product demonstrations. Contact Paul at paul.culin@powertech.com.

After decades of enjoying a reputation as one of the most secure platforms on the market today, many organizations are surprised to learn that their IBM i system is completely open. Addressing this dilemma requires configuration of the tools available in the operating system.

With the recent announcement of IBM i 7.1, IBM introduced a number of security enhancements that add value to its already impressive set of built-in security features.

Join us for this Webinar to learn about the new security functions in IBM i 6.1 and 7.1.

You’ll learn about enhancements in:

• Password control system values
• Session control system values
• Encryption
• User profile parameter changes

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters

Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, May 19, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam
Director of Security Technologies, PowerTech

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for the System i. As a frequent speaker on security topics, he was also co-author of theRedbook IBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by email at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin
Product Support Manager, PowerTech

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

One of the greatest challenges an organization faces when securing an IBM i environment is protecting the system from the people who are charged with its care: programmers, administrators, and security officers. These power users often need access to restricted objects and commands, but they rarely need that level of access 24 hours a day, and definitely not without accountability.

Join this session to learn about the vulnerabilities associated with powerful users. Then, explore Authority Broker, an award-winning approach to regaining the control your auditors demand while allowing your administrators and programmers to do their jobs.

This event will include an online Authority Broker demo.

Presenters

Main Presenter: Robin Tatam, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Robin Tatam
Director of Security Technologies, PowerTech

Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for PowerTech, a leading provider of security solutions for the System i. As a frequent speaker on security topics, he was also co-author of the Redbook IBM System i Security: Protecting i5/OS Data with Encryption. Robin can be reached by email at robin.tatam@powertech.com.

Jill Martin
Product Support Manager, PowerTech

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

IBM i provides the ability to audit system and user events. But, what happens after you collect the event data? The challenge becomes how to convert the raw data, in real time, to useful information.

Join this Webinar to understand:

• How to configure IBM i to record system and user events.
• How to add PowerTech Network Security to audit network-based events such as FTP and ODBC.
• How to send real-time alert notifications as system log events to a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) console using Interact from PowerTech.
• How to send real-time alert notifications to e-mail addresses and cell phones using Robot/ALERT from Help/Systems.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

Presenters
Main Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech
Co-Presenter: Paul Culin, PowerTech

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
10 a.m. Central Time (15:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios

Jill Martin is Product Support Manager for PowerTech and brings a strong System i background to any security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry, including technical trainer, sales account manager, and most recently as a key member of the security team. Contact Jill at jill.martin@powertech.com.

Paul “Paulie” Culin is a Senior Security Engineer with the PowerTech Group. As a product expert, his role at PowerTech includes managing client training and implementation services, as well as hosting security presentations, Webinars, and product demonstrations. Paul has thirteen years of experience in the security field. Contact Paul at paul.culin@powertech.com.