Security Month
Presented by Vertali
z/OS vs. VSEⁿ: Why More Security Features Don’t Guarantee Better Protection
Compare how z/OS and VSEⁿ handle access control, threat detection, and cyber recovery – and what those differences mean for your workloads. A fair comparison of z/OS vs. VSEⁿ security starts with business requirements, operational risks, and recovery needs. ...
Db2 Cyber Recovery: Closing the Recovery Point Gap
Closing the Gap: IBM Z® Cyber Vault and IBM® Db2® Recovery Expert Pro for z/OS® An unplanned outage can devastate business continuity. Enterprises do everything they can to prevent this. With the current abundance of AI and access to domain expertise for everyone,...
Claude Mythos and TN3270 Emulators – Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The mainframe hasn’t changed. The economics of attacking it have. Encryption, authentication, and access controls deserve another look. In early April 2026, Anthropic published a research preview of Claude Mythos, a general-purpose model whose security capabilities...
Mainframe Shield: A Mainframe Security Community
Cybercriminals collaborate. Shouldn't mainframe security professionals do the same? At SHARE 2026, I had the opportunity to sit down with Linda McGrath, Sales Director at Vertali, and Andrew Penlington, Channel Partner Development Manager, to discuss Mainframe Shield,...
Cybersecurity Trivia Challenge: Spot the Security Gap
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this week’s Trivia Challenge puts you in the reviewer’s seat. Each question presents a short scenario involving mainframe data, applications or operations. Your task is to spot the security gap supported by the given...
Mainframe under siege: Big Iron needs big-time cyber resilience
Mainframes have always carried a certain reputation. Big iron. Rock solid. Secure by design. The systems quietly humming away in the corner while the rest of IT panicked about the latest breach or ransomware headline. For a long time, that reputation was deserved....
Inside IBM’s 2026 z/Resilience Conference: What Mainframers Should Know
In this first-person piece, Robi Singh shares what he learned in Rome about the changing demands of mainframe resilience—from regulation and cyber recovery to GDPS, AI, and quantum-safe security.The z/Resilience Conference is known for bringing together mainframe...
You Can Now Carry a Teaching Mainframe in Your Bag
For years I have told mainframe security newcomers the same thing: If you want to learn how to attack and defend a system, you need to use that system. Unfortunately, z/OS is not something you spin up on a laptop over lunch or throw into your home lab. Mainframe...
Security Month
Presented by Vertali
z/OS vs. VSEⁿ: Why More Security Features Don’t Guarantee Better Protection
Compare how z/OS and VSEⁿ handle access control, threat detection, and cyber recovery – and what those differences mean for your workloads. A fair comparison of z/OS vs. VSEⁿ security starts with business requirements, operational risks, and recovery needs. ...
Db2 Cyber Recovery: Closing the Recovery Point Gap
Closing the Gap: IBM Z® Cyber Vault and IBM® Db2® Recovery Expert Pro for z/OS® An unplanned outage can devastate business continuity. Enterprises do everything they can to prevent this. With the current abundance of AI and access to domain expertise for everyone,...
Claude Mythos and TN3270 Emulators – Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The mainframe hasn’t changed. The economics of attacking it have. Encryption, authentication, and access controls deserve another look. In early April 2026, Anthropic published a research preview of Claude Mythos, a general-purpose model whose security capabilities...
Mainframe Shield: A Mainframe Security Community
Cybercriminals collaborate. Shouldn't mainframe security professionals do the same? At SHARE 2026, I had the opportunity to sit down with Linda McGrath, Sales Director at Vertali, and Andrew Penlington, Channel Partner Development Manager, to discuss Mainframe Shield,...
Cybersecurity Trivia Challenge: Spot the Security Gap
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this week’s Trivia Challenge puts you in the reviewer’s seat. Each question presents a short scenario involving mainframe data, applications or operations. Your task is to spot the security gap supported by the given...
Mainframe under siege: Big Iron needs big-time cyber resilience
Mainframes have always carried a certain reputation. Big iron. Rock solid. Secure by design. The systems quietly humming away in the corner while the rest of IT panicked about the latest breach or ransomware headline. For a long time, that reputation was deserved....
Inside IBM’s 2026 z/Resilience Conference: What Mainframers Should Know
In this first-person piece, Robi Singh shares what he learned in Rome about the changing demands of mainframe resilience—from regulation and cyber recovery to GDPS, AI, and quantum-safe security.The z/Resilience Conference is known for bringing together mainframe...
You Can Now Carry a Teaching Mainframe in Your Bag
For years I have told mainframe security newcomers the same thing: If you want to learn how to attack and defend a system, you need to use that system. Unfortunately, z/OS is not something you spin up on a laptop over lunch or throw into your home lab. Mainframe...
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North American Mainframe Technical Exchange – Plano, Texas – October 20 – 22, 2026
Virtual MeetingSave the Date! Learn more about the North American and Virtual Mainframe Technical Exchanges here.
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Virtual CICS User Group | CICS Security Discovery
Zoom - Virtual MeetingMany CICS environments continue to rely heavily on transaction-level security, often resulting in users retaining access privileges that are no longer appropriate for their current roles. This session will provide […]
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Virtual Db2 User Group | My All-Time Db2 Top Ten Lists
Virtual MeetingDate: November 17, 2026 - 11:30am ET Presenter: Craig Mullins What do Db2 performance, application development, database administration, and David Letterman have in common? Top Ten lists, of course! Join […]
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Virtual Db2 User Group | November 17, 2026
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Mainframe News Roundup: Rocket Software Acquires Geniez AI, BMC Names New Leader, and IBM Expands AI Initiatives
GS | Forge26 to Bring UK Mainframe Community Together in November Rocket Software Announces Acquisition of Geniez AI to Accelerate Agentic AI for Mainframe Modernization BMC Announces Tarun Chopra as SVP and GM of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation Marist...
Cybersecurity Trivia Challenge: Spot the Security Gap
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this week’s Trivia Challenge puts you in the reviewer’s seat. Each question presents a short scenario involving mainframe data, applications or operations. Your task is to spot the security gap supported by the given...
IBM Expands Its Digital Banking Infrastructure, Agentic AI on the Mainframe, and more
Kyndryl Report: As AI Broadens Modernization Agenda, Leaders Prioritize Business Outcomes Over Replacing Legacy Systems IBM Expands Its Digital Banking Infrastructure with Swift Integration and Digital Asset Haven On-Premises Rocket Software Advances Governed, Agentic...
Agentic AI on the Mainframe
It’s AI month at Planet Mainframe, and for Round Two of our Trivia Challenge, we’re turning to agentic AI. On the mainframe, this emerging technology is moving beyond answering questions and generating code. Agents can interpret goals, reason through multi-step...
Risk and Compliance Portfolio for IBM Z Environments, IBM Z Datathon, and more
Rocket Software Launches Rocket® z/Assurance™, a Risk and Compliance Portfolio for IBM Z® Environments IBM Z Datathon: Build AI for Good. In 24 Hours. At Global Scale. Broadcom 2026 North American Mainframe Technical Exchange LTM Collaborates with IBM and Red Hat on...
❓Think You Know Mainframe AI
Mainframes have powered intelligent decisions for decades. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) takes that role further – spotting fraud as transactions happen, anticipating workload demands, helping developers understand legacy code, and strengthening system...