Security Tip: The life of a security officer

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April 27, 2004 Published by  Search400.com Security Tip Issue Sponsored By: OS/400 Security Audit? No problem with Carol Woodbury's analytical tool. IN THIS ISSUE: Musing on the life of a security officer Get better control over user profiles Managing iSeries passwords Standardized security setup across multiple systems Restrict a profile from being created with a default password White papers on iSeries security World Class Security Expertise from SkyView Partners OS/400 Security Audit? No problem with Carol Woodbury's analytical tool. HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbanes-Oxley, California Law 1386. Are these Government Regulations driving a security audit for you? Save time and save money using Carol Woodbury's analytical tool. SkyView Risk Assessor for OS/400 - new from SkyView Partners. Musing on the life of a security officer [By Rich Loeber] When someone literally left the front door open at his place of business, Rich started thinking about who is responsible for checking the digital front doors. Though it isn't a security officer's job to check the front door every night, it's best to check the door periodically. In this tip he outlines a list of system checks to take inventory of your system's security and make sure that no doors are left wide open. Get better control over user profiles [By Rich Loeber] Unless your personnel department is extra careful about global notifications when people leave the company, then you may have a security exposure that you don't even know about. Managing iSeries passwords [By Carol Woodbury] What do you do if you want to limit certain users to passwords that never expire and have other users have to change their passwords every 30 days -- and have it stay that way after the profile is created? Security expert Carol Woodbury responds. Standardized security setup across multiple systems [By Rich Loeber] IBM has provided a little-known capability in OS/400 for quite a while now that can help you to enforce standard security configuration setup rules across separate systems. Restrict a profile from being created with a default password [By Carol Woodbury] Is there a way we can restrict a profile from being created with a default password? Security expert Carol Woodbury has the answer. ASK THE EXPERTS: Carol Woodbury, Search400.com security expert Carol Woodbury is co-founder and President of SkyView Partners, a firm specializing in security consulting and assessments as well as the assessment product, SkyView Risk Assessor for OS/400. Carol has over 14 years in the security industry, 10 of those working for IBM's Enterprise Server Group as the AS/400 Security Architect and Chief Engineering Manager of Security Technology. Carol co-authored the popular book, Implementing AS/400 Security. Look for Carol's second book, Experts' Guide to OS/400 Security, to be released in the Spring of 2004. Let Carol's experience work for you. Ask Carol Security-related questions anytime. Ask Carol a question or read recent Q&As. WHITE PAPERS: White papers on iSeries security When it comes to securing your iSeries, the more advice and help you have the better. Browse Search400.com's white paper section to find informative white papers on security and several other iSeries topics. TOPICS: Best Web Links on Security These Best Web Links provide you with resources to help you make your system as secure as it can be. Don't waste your time scouring the Web; we've already done that for you. Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by Search400.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Security Tip": Go to unsubscribe: http://search400.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-236 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: Search400 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494