How Malware is Reshaping IBM i Security – The rules have changed

The futility of incremental security upgrades

No matter what business you are in, and no matter your department, your role, or your level of responsibility within it, the unending reports of data breaches and ransomware attacks have probably resulted in an equally unending string of long, sometimes overwhelmingly technical IT security meetings and training sessions. It can seem as though we all need to become cyber security experts, just to keep our day jobs.

Sadly, that sentiment is not far from the truth.

Even for technical professionals like networking engineers, database analysts, application developers and web marketing managers, IT Security has traditionally been viewed as something of a ‘back office’ function, with specialist wonks working tirelessly to protect the business from phishing attacks and hackers hunting for social security numbers. “They do their job, so I can focus on doing mine.” But this way of working has simply become too risky.

And this is not only because of the exponential increase in frequency and scale of cyber attacks. The real problem is that the very nature of cyber threats has changed radically. Countering them requires a business-wide shift to informed, cooperative and inclusive IT security planning management practices. To get the buy-in and cooperation to make this shift happen requires that executives and business leaders in every department understand how today’s advanced threats actually work and just how lethal they can be to the business.

In this eBook you will find practical and shareable explanations of malware and ransomware attacks; the core security technologies and methods available for dealing with them; and perspectives on how to apply and align those technologies and methods for maximum defensive value.