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RSS unixCentralizing Identity and Access Management in Unix/Linux Environments: Using BoKS to Overcome the Inherent Security Gaps of NIS
White Paper User administration in a large Unix/Linux domain is a complex task since each host potentially serves as an autonomous authority. As a result, centralized administration of user identities and configuration settings can... [13 Nov 2009]
Guide to Unix/Linux Compliance Auditing: Solving Three Key Challenges
White Paper When Unix systems conquered market shares from the old mini-computer dinosaurs some twenty years ago, a radical shift towards standards-based software and networking was initiated in server landscapes. [13 Nov 2009]
Access Controls for Servers: BoKS Access Control for Servers Protects a UNIX/Linux Server Network
White Paper BoKS Access Control for Servers customers include prominent worldwide banks, large hospitals, tax authorities, police systems, and major industrial corporations, as well as medium-sized businesses with intensive computing services to be... [13 Nov 2009]
Why Is LDAP Failing Audits?
White Paper For Unix/Linux shops, the security and compliance shortcomings of NIS and NIS+ have become evident in recent years. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) initially seemed a viable alternative that would also allow... [13 Nov 2009]
Access Controls for Servers: BoKS Access Control for Servers Feature Overview
White Paper BoKS Access Control for Servers is a comprehensive management solution for large enterprises whose networks include multi-vendor UNIX or Linux platforms. BoKS Access Control for Servers is designed to meet the... [13 Nov 2009]
Monitoring Active Directory for Security and Compliance: Bridging the Gaps in the Native Audit Log
White Paper It provides authentication and access control for Windows users and applications, as well as for UNIX, Linux and mainframes. Much of the security and control of an enterprise IT environment rests on Active Directory. [13 Nov 2009]
Alliance Encryption Server for System i
White Paper The Alliance Encryption Server for System i solution provides encryption and decryption services for applications on System i, Windows, Linux, UNIX, and System z. The Alliance Encryption Server for System I incorporates... [13 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.11.09
Round-Up Furthermore, only iPhones with the SSH Unix application installed are affected and even then only if the user has failed to change the root password from the default. Warning to iPhone users: you may find the contents of... [13 Nov 2009]
Using NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager for Unix Assessments
White Paper There are several information security control frameworks available to help one get started in creating IT controls for assessment and reporting to meet compliance requirements: ISO17799 from the International Standards Organization in... [12 Nov 2009]
Using NetIQ to Address PCI Compliance on the iSeries Platform
White Paper Also included is information on how NetIQ can help assure compliance across the other platforms that iSeries/i5 can support, including AIX 5L UNIX, Windows and Linux for iSeries. This paper provides an overview of how... [11 Nov 2009]
Demystifying Storage Networking DAS, SAN, NAS, NAS Gateways, Fiber Channel, and iSCSI
White Paper The focus is on connectivity options for midrange platforms such as IBM AS/400, NetWare, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000 and UNIX. Options for connecting computers to storage have increased in a short time. [09 Nov 2009]
FedEx Gains Better Insight Into Profitability Metrics With 64-Bit OLAP Solution
White Paper The move from a UNIX-based analysis solution to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services delivered a tenfold increase in performance and an 80 percent decrease in the cost of ownership. FedEx Express (FedEx), the... [30 Oct 2009]
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
White Paper This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that access servers and applications storing... [16 Oct 2009]
The Pursuit of a Standardized Solution for Secure Enterprise RBAC
White Paper This paper will discuss how integrating BeyondTrust's PowerBroker with the basic RBAC implementations of Sun, HP and the Linux community, provides an all-encompassing solution to privileged access control on Unix and... [16 Oct 2009]
Adobe patches 28 flaws: Reader and Acrobat plugged
News Version 9.1.3 of Reader and Acrobat; Acrobat 8.1.6 for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix; and version 7.1.3 of Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh are affected. Adobe has released a bulletin patching 28... [14 Oct 2009]
