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:

• 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 System i and helps you make sure that you don’t become the next security statistic.

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

Wednesday, February 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
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 a PowerTech Technical Services Manager, 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.

The IBM i operating system provides the ability to audit system and user events. But, after the event data is collected, the challenge becomes how to disseminate the raw data, in real time, as useful information.

Join this webinar to understand:

• How to configure the IBM i operating system 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.

Featuring a live Compliance Assessment demo.

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

Wednesday, February 17, 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 a PowerTech Technical Services Manager, 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.

One of the greatest challenges an organization faces when securing a System 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.

Featuring a live Authority Broker demo.

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

Wednesday, February 10, 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 a PowerTech Technical Services Manager, 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? The challenge becomes how to convert the raw data into useful information.

In addition, auditors and internal policy controls often require the review of numerous security details and configuration metrics. Not only is this painfully time-consuming—especially when multiplied across many systems—it’s a resource-intensive process that makes us 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 types of 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

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: Tom Huntington, Help/Systems
Co-Presenter: Jill Martin, PowerTech

Wednesday, January 20, 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
Tom Huntington is Vice President of Technical Services at Help/Systems, Inc. and a 20-plus year veteran of the company. He oversees Webinars, business alliances, public relations, success stories, and large customer relationships, and ensures that Help/Systems’ software works with other major software and hardware vendors worldwide. Tom often speaks on automation topics, business intelligence, System i technology, and Help/Systems products, and hosts technical presentations on work management, security, automated operations, and backup/recovery. He has written several articles on automated operations and business intelligence for leading System i trade journals and newsletters.

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.

PowerTech’s annual “State of System i Security” study shows that the vast majority of organizations still rely on menu security to protect their data. Unfortunately, users have access to numerous interfaces that completely bypass these controls, and make it easy to view, update, and even delete data in the database. If you need to comply with any type of regulation, or if you simply want to ensure the integrity of your application data, learning about the openness of these interfaces is critical.

Attend this informative Webinar to learn more about IBM i security and how to close the “backdoors” not covered by traditional menu security schemes. You’ll also learn how to implement policies that restrict access to only those users who need it.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE compliance assessment.

Featuring a live Network Security demo.

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

Wednesday, January 27, 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 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.

Although your IBM i server is one of the most securable platforms available today, 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 critical data, or the server itself.

PowerTech has compiled a “Top 10″ of the most common and important IBM i security risks. Attend this informative Webinar to learn how you can identify potential security exposures on your system. You’ll gain an understanding of the top ten security vulnerabilities and some recommendations about 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, December 16, 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
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 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.

PowerTech’s annual “State of System i Security” study shows that the vast majority of organizations are still reliant on menu security to protect their data. Unfortunately, users have access to numerous interfaces that completely circumvent these controls, and facilitate easy ways to view, update, and even delete data directly in the database. If you are required to comply with any type of regulation, or if you simply want to ensure the integrity of you application data, learning about the openness of these interfaces is critical.

Attend this informative webinar to learn more about IBM i security and how to close the “backdoors” not covered by traditional menu security schemes, as well as how to implement policy to restrict access to only those users who need it.

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE compliance assessment.

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

Wednesday, December 9, 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
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 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.

PowerTech publishes a popular study of the configuration of System i servers each year, called The State of System i Security. Now in its sixth year, we continue to see many of the same vulnerabilities reported to us via 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

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE compliance assessment, as well as a copy of the full 2009 study.

View this informative webinar to gain insight into the 2009 edition of the study, and to learn what steps your own organization should take to address the same commonly overlooked and dangerous security exposures.

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

Wednesday, December 2, 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
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 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.

Security terms like “data breach” are probably known to most households and businesses, but many of us don’t realize just how prevalent the problem really is. We’ve become accustomed to news reports of large data exposures, and to receiving letters in the mail indicating that our private information may have been compromised.

Just as with most things, we slowly become desensitized to recurring news of data loss events, and often choose to accept those events as an inevitable part of life that we have no control over. We only start to pay attention when we see the effect of a breach impacting our personal finances, our jobs, or an organization that we do business with.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer information and advocacy organization, and a source that I frequently quote when speaking to groups about the topic of information breaches and data leak protection. PRC maintains a chronology of data incidents involving private or confidential data, and it certainly makes for interesting reading.

October was another busy month for breach activity. While you probably didn’t hear about these events in the mainstream media, as of this writing PRC lists no fewer than 12 separate events of compromised information. Some of the data compromised included U.S. Social Security numbers and patient medical information. Breached organizations this month include the U.S. Army, BlueCross BlueShield, and several education and medical institutions. The breaches occurred through a number of common data leak conduits, including discarded documents, lost USB thumb drives, and stolen laptops. One event was the result of an incorrectly disposed of disk unit that contained 76 million (yes, million!) records on US military veterans.

So with this many data breaches occurring in any given month, it still amazes me that IT teams even now have to sell management on the value of securing data assets. When we conduct compliance assessment scans, we still come across the “it will never happen to us!” mentality. We also hear “it’s okay since my users don’t know how to do that,” which is almost as bad. Trust me when I say: It can happen to you, and it only takes one user who knows how to do it to bring the whole organization crashing down.

If all of this breach information still isn’t enough to spur you to move forward with your own security initiative, then perhaps you’ll be interested in this week’s news about the $275,000 fine leveled against ChoicePoint, one of the nations largest data brokers (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/choicepoint.shtm).

For more information on PRC, or to view their continuously expanding list of data incidents, visit their Web site at www.privacyrights.org.

Statistics suggest that it’s not a matter of if you will suffer some form of corporate data loss, but when. Giant corporations, with a significant investment in security infrastructure, have found themselves on the wrong side of the headlines. If it can happen to them, it can happen to you! Building a plan that encompasses both security and compliance controls, as well as incident planning ensures that you minimize the risk, and know how to react if the worst case scenario occurs.

Join this webinar to hear discussion of:

• Common causes of a Data Breach
• Security Incident Response (SIR) planning
• Manic response vs. Measured response
• Breach cost projection / price of protection
• What types of IBM i activities can (and cannot) be audited
• What mechanisms are available to perform IBM i audit data forensics and intrusion alerting

Attendees are eligible to receive a FREE compliance assessment.

Products Featured
PowerTech Compliance Monitor
PowerTech Interact

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

Wednesday, November 18, 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
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 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.