• CICS User Group
  • Db2 User Group
  • IMS User Group
  • Arcati Navigator
Planet Mainframe on LinkedIn
Planet Mainframe on LinkedIn
Planet Mainframe
Vertali Mainframe Security
  • Latest
  • Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter
  • Influential Mainframers
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Events
Six IT Horror Stories to Haunt Your Next Quiet Shift

Six IT Horror Stories to Haunt Your Next Quiet Shift

by Penney Berryman | Oct 30, 2026

This Halloween, the scariest things look surprisingly familiar. Nobody heard chains rattling in the machine room. No blood dripped from the console. The overnight dashboard looked reassuringly green. Then the phone rang. The following short horror stories are a...

read more
Extending the Security Stack: Red Teaming, Scenarios, Risks, and Reality

Extending the Security Stack: Red Teaming, Scenarios, Risks, and Reality

by Kevin Milne | Jan 12, 2026

Mainframes hold the heart of the most critical business processes in finance, healthcare, and government. Yet many security programmes still draw a neat line around them, treating z/OS as out of scope for red teaming, scenarios, and cyber risk quantification. This...

read more
CWTL26 Vol 01 - Cover

Discover the latest issue of Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter

Get Access Today!

Latest
About Planet Mainframe
Become a Contributor
Tuning Letter
Events

Planet Mainframe 315 Deaderick Street, Suite 1700 Nashville TN 37238
IMS, Db2, CICS, and z/OS are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, and company names and/or logos are the property of their respective holders.

© 2026 Planet Mainframe