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IBM i SIEM Security Event Logs for MonitoringCompanies using Splunk, QRadar or any other SIEM to monitor security incidents, of which also run core business applications on an IBM i, should be forwarding specific data sets and event log sources to their SIEM. Most companies with an IBM i (AS400 or iSeries), often have their most critical business applications running on it, yet the AS400 is commonly the last platform to be added to the SIEM. Security Operation Center Administrators and Architects often underestimate the importance the AS400 and its underlying applications are to their company, or disregard it due to...

Security breaches making headlines are almost always due to inadequate access controls at one or more levels of a company’s infrastructure. Known and unknown vulnerabilities may have assisted in most security breaches that we read about, but most could have been avoided with the proper security access controls implemented, or at least significantly mitigated. The IBM i security framework is not immune to breaches and certainly not the most secure platform in your environment if the necessary access controls have not been implemented. All compliance regulations have general guidelines to implement various forms of access controls, including stricter authentication policies using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Profile...