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

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE Compliance Assessment.

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

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
10 a.m. Central Standard Time (16:00 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 the PowerTech Group. She has more than 19 years of System i  experience, including 5 years at IBM working in product support and testing. She has been educating customers on IBM midrange systems in areas such as backup and recovery, OS upgrades, partition management, and security for more than 10 years. 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.

Although the IBM System i is one of the most securable servers available, it doesn’t come that way from the factory. PowerTech’s State of System 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, March 3, 2010
10 a.m. Central Standard Time (16:00 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 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 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 that an organization faces when securing an IBM i environment is protecting the system from the very people who are also charged with its care: programmers, administrators, and security officers. While these power users often need access to restricted objects and commands, they rarely need that level of access 24 hours a day, and definitely not without accountability.

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

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE compliance assessment.

Products Featured
Authority Broker (with live demo)

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

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
10 a.m. Central Standard Time (16:00 GMT)
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bios
Jill Martin is Technical Services Manager with the PowerTech Group, and brings a strong IBM i background to a security discussion. Jill has worked in a number of roles in the industry including a Help/Systems 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, his role at PowerTech includes managing numerous client training and implementation engagements, as well as hosting security presentations, webinars, and product demonstrations.

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

Join Robin Tatam, Director of Security Technologies at PowerTech, in this webcast where you will learn how to get started auditing the System i platform, including free use of PowerTech’s compliance assessment tool to perform a personalized review of your own environment – in under 15 minutes!

You will learn about performing an audit of these important 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, October 28, 2009
8 a.m. Pacific / 10 a.m. Central / 11 a.m. Eastern
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bio
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.

Did you know that IBM i includes powerful auditing features? In fact, our own class-leading audit reporting solution leverages the information captured by this facility. Join this webinar—based on content presented at the 2009 COMMON conference—to learn about activating and configuring IBM i’s built-in auditing capabilities.

In this webinar you will learn about:

• 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 will also learn about what system auditing does not capture, and how to prevent that 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, October 7, 2009
8 a.m. Pacific / 10 a.m. Central / 11 a.m. Eastern
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Cost
Free of charge

Registration
To register, please visit our WebEx site.

Speaker Bio
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.