July 23, 2001 Dear search400 Member, This week we have a lot of important info you should know concerning security threats on the iSeries including a not to be missed audio event taking place this Wednesday on "Top Techniques to Prevent an iSeries 400 Hack Attack" and more. . . * Featured Topic: Security on the iSeries * Wednesday's Live Audio Event: Prevent an iSeries 400 Hack Attack * Poll: Do you have a security policy in place for your AS/400? * Tips, Techniques, & Programming Practices for iSeries and AS/400 * Guest Forums Moderator: Ken Graap * Recent member-submitted tech tips * Attend the Storage Decisions 2001 Conference - For Free! FEATURED TOPIC: Security on the iSeries Security is a top concern, not only for IT managers, but for top-level executives. Securing your company from both inside and outside threats is complicated. So we've gathered these resources to help you protect your organization. ** News: iSeries users protect thyself ** Tip: Use security audit for your applications ** Best Web Links: Systems Management -- Security ** Expert advice: Security level 50 on their AS/400 Check out this important topic and all the great content we've organized for you right here: http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci756315,00.html LIVE AUDIO EVENT Join us Wednesday, July 25 at 2pm EDT (18:00 GMT) for a Live Expert Q&A session on "Top Techniques to Prevent an iSeries 400 Hack Attack" with Trevor Seeney, founder of Sentinex Inc. Trevor shows you how to give your iSeries airtight security to avoid the risk of a hack attack. Learn to slam shut hidden backdoors, prevent intrusion with exit points, object authority, auditing and much more. Log on Wednesday at: http://search400.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid3,00.html This event is sponsored by PowerTech. Visit them at: http://www.powertechgroup.com/ NEW POLL "Do you have a security policy in place to help deter illegal entry into your AS/400 systems?" Cast your vote now at: http://search400.techtarget.com/poll BOOK OF THE WEEK "Tips, Techniques, & Programming Practices for iSeries and AS/400" Now it's easier than ever to implement the best possible solutions for hundreds of tasks and challenges on the iSeries and AS/400. This highly readable, comprehensive new reference, compiled by IBM midrange authorities Ted Holt and Shannon O'Donnell, includes more than 900 entries by more than 300 experts from around the world. These entries address practically every area of your job: RPG, CL, operations, security, database, TCP/IP, and more. Purchase this book or to browse other titles at the TechTarget Learning Zone Bookstore, go to: http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=1583470263&ac_id=55 GUEST FORUMS MODERATOR: Ken Graap All week long in our OS/400 Discussion Forum search400 site expert Ken Graap is offering advice and answering questions you may have about security and the iSeries. Post your questions, and you will be notified via email when Ken -- or another search400 member -- posts an answer for you. Go to: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84638 RECENT MEMBER-SUBMITTED TECH TIPS Search400 members submitted these tips recently. Check them out and rate them to let us know what you think of them. And if you have a tip of your own, feel free to submit it -- you may win a Secret Agent Seiko Watch! http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz751399_cts751376,00.html [1] Job status monitoring Submitted by Jozsef Petrovszki http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci755877,00.html [2] Who am I signed on as? Submitted by Richard Cranston http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756082,00.html [3] Adding security to FTP and the QUOTE RCMD command Submitted by Jim Townsend http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756088,00.html [4] Transferring spreadsheet data with blank cells to DB/2 Submitted by Francis Lapeyre http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756083,00.html [5] Analyzing your user stock Submitted by Patrik Stenlund http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci755878,00.html ATTEND THE STORAGE DECISIONS 2001 CONFERENCE - FOR FREE! 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