• Preventing IBM i data theft

    A firewall should be the first line of defense to protect your IBM i system, but not the only security measure you take. Rich Loeber counsels you to not ignore the enemy within. Build strong object...

  • Security incident response system for System i

    Any security officers working with IBM System i need to organize a security incident response system to handle incidents of varying severity.

  • Setting up security for programmers on IBM i

    Programmers working on an AS/400 need greater security access than a standard user, but determining how much access they should get isn't always easy. Rich Loeber provides tips on what options exis...

  • Blocking AS/400 DB2 users

    To block DB2 users from altering data using WinSQL tool, a security software tool may be the best bet for true protection.

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  • Additional Sytem i password validation

    While the System i operating system has very good features for controlling password selection, sometimes your password policy just can't be enforced without additional checking. You may have a list of reserved words that you specifically do not want...  Tip

  • What's new with System i password controls

    Securing access to your system often starts with your user profile and password policy. If you've been working in the System i world for any length of time, this is very familiar territory for you. You may even have this task assigned to an underli...  Tip

  • Watch those iSeries system values

    Security expert Rich Loeber recently installed a new i5 System i server in his office. Rich explains that this is always an exciting time and he normally rushes to get the system set up so he can move operations onto the new hardware as soon as possi...  Tip

  • Why implement System i security anyway?

    A recent survey of System i shops reports very disturbing information. While we are justifiably proud of the robust security offered by our favorite platform, when push comes to shove, it turns out that a lot of System i shops come up short on the im...  Tip

  • System i security policy: Time for a check up

    As a System i security officer, you've spent a lot of time doing two main tasks. First, establishing a security policy and then setting your system up to enforce that policy. Once you have these two tasks set up, then you can sit back and relax ......  Tip

  • Tracking System i user profile sign-on activity

    I recently received email from a reader asking me how they could track sign-on activity for their security officer user profiles. The objective was to have a record of every time someone started a terminal session from one of these very powerful use...  Tip

  • Learning guide: Steps to a secure System i

    This organized list will guide you along your way to maintaining a secure iSeries system. Undoubtedly, the iSeries is one of the most secure platforms out there, but don't be mistaken in thinking that it is untouchable. Address the basic security iss...  Tip

  • Making sense of the security audit journals

    To track security events on your System i, IBM has quite nicely provided an extensive security audit journal function to help you. When you have security auditing active on your system, all sorts of relevant security information is regularly stored ...  Tip

  • System i security configuration: Restoring

    Once you've got your system backed up, including all of the security information, what's the best way to make sure that all of that security information is restored correctly when you have to do a full system restore? Missing something or getting th...  Tip

  • Identify users that have never logged in

    Here's a CLP and a CMD that list all of the users who have never been logged and have been created for more than "N" days ago.  Tip

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