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May 30, 2007
Secure Perspective Enters the World
IBM has announced and released its Secure Perspective for System i, the new security tool designed to let business leaders create security policies using non-technical language. The tool was developed by IBM first for the System i, and I provide a bit of background on it in a previous Maxed Out post.
The tool is groundbreaking because it may be the first tool that's geared to help non-techies create security policies. Most often these days, IT pros get saddled with making decisions about which kinds of employees should have access to data, which can lead to assumptions that may or may not be most desirable. More importantly, instead of storing security policies in your head, Secure Perspective helps create a security policy that can be used to measure and prove compliance.
IBM Secure Perspective is available now for $1,500 per managed processor, which includes the first year of software maintenance. IBM has a demo at http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/security/secureperspective/index.html.
Side Note
IBM gave a nod to the System i in its press release, touting its legendary security, and suggesting that this security is the reason IBM delivered Secure Perspective for the System i first. Here's a couple cool graphs:
The IBM System i platform is the first IBM platform to run Secure Perspective because the legendary security of i5/OS is among the most advanced in the industry and able to support Secure Perspective with few adjustments. The sophisticated, object-based security of i5/OS is referred to as data-centric security, meaning it has inherent data protection mechanisms so users secure data at the object or file level. Among other things, this helps protect against files converting themselves to programs — a common source of Trojan horse-style viruses."Suppose you are running a run-the-business application on System i. The i5/OS on which that application depends is exceptionally robust and secure, and handles more of the features that you need (including administrative tasks) than, say, Linux or Windows," wrote Wayne Kernochan, Senior Analyst at Illuminata, in a recent paper. "So, on average, your application, itself, will be more robust, secure, and easy to administer. Almost two decades of System i user experience show this to be a real, and not just theoretical, benefit."
Posted by cmaxcer at May 30, 2007 8:59 AM
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