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The Hidden Cybersecurity Battle Inside the Mainframe 🎧

The Hidden Cybersecurity Battle Inside the Mainframe 🎧

by Amanda Hendley | Oct 8, 2025

Mainframes remain the backbone of enterprise IT—but as cyber threats evolve, so must the defenses. In this podcast, Ken Chism, Head of Worldwide Cybersecurity Sales at BMC Software, shares an inside look at the changing landscape of mainframe security. Ken discusses...

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The Top Four Infrastructure Capabilities for Enterprise Security and Compliance

The Top Four Infrastructure Capabilities for Enterprise Security and Compliance

by Robert Enochs | Oct 3, 2025

Rising Stakes of Data Protection As our modern world becomes increasingly digital, data’s value has never been higher—and the challenge of protecting it has never been so great. While the global average cost of a data breach dipped 9% in the past year due to advances...

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What You Don’t Know About Your Mainframe Backups Could Cost You

What You Don’t Know About Your Mainframe Backups Could Cost You

by Gil Peleg | Nov 28, 2018

Based on estimates and benchmarks from Technavio and Gartner, the mainframe market—hardware and software—is worth about $44 billion a year. An estimated 90% of all credit and debit cards were still processed on the mainframe in 2017, and IBM continues to sell more...

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Mainframers are starting to ask questions about security – and that’s a good thing

Mainframers are starting to ask questions about security – and that’s a good thing

by Keith Banham | Mar 1, 2018

IT security crises are forever making business headlines. In 2017 it was the high profile ransomware attacks and huge data breaches such as Equifax. Barely a week into 2018 and we had the revelations surrounding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affecting...

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