Cyber Security Month

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Ransomware isn’t really a problem, is it?

Ransomware isn’t really a problem, is it?

Even the news channels don’t make a big deal about cyberattacks these days. It’s happening all the time. It’s incredible how many people don’t recognize that there is a war going on right now between hackers and organizations with any kind of IT hardware.  And when I...

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The Mainframe is Not Secure

The Mainframe is Not Secure

October is cybersecurity awareness month, and Planet Mainframe is kicking it off with interview insights from Mark Wilson, Technical Director at mainframe services company Vertali and Conference Manager for GSE UK.  "Is the mainframe secure? No. But it is...

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Get ready for DORA

Get ready for DORA

In my last article about ransomware, I mentioned how important it was for chief financial officers (CFOs) to ensure that the IT in their organizations was as secure as possible—particularly now that attacks can come from artificial intelligence (AI) bots that could be...

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What You Said – (ClownStrike) CloudStrike

What You Said – (ClownStrike) CloudStrike

According to The Guardian, the Crowdstrike outage crashed an estimated 1% of all Windows PCs worldwide—or about 8.5 million—and is estimated to have cost the US Fortune 500 USD $5 billion. We asked you, Planet Mainframe readers, to share your thoughts on the...

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Surveys, security and spaghetti

Surveys, security and spaghetti

Mark Wilson reflects on the findings of a recent mainframe survey, explaining why security should be the number one priority, and why we need to start talking about complexity and observability. I read with interest the highlights of the Arcati Mainframe survey 2024,...

Ransomware Attacks and your Health

Ransomware Attacks and your Health

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more common place, and many people have used things like ChatGPT, a popular generative AI (GenAI) that can answer questions, write essays and poems, or summarize a book. However, like most things, AI can also be turned to the...

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Mainframe Firsts

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Mainframes have a reputation for being rock-solid, reliable…and maybe a little mysterious (to outsiders at least). But behind the green screens and acronyms lies a rich history of innovation that has shaped the modern computing world.  From groundbreaking hardware...

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A Decade in Purple Chucks: Celebrating Planet Mainframe

A Decade in Purple Chucks: Celebrating Planet Mainframe

When a group of mainframers started a part-time mainframe blog 10 years ago, they never imagined it would become a leading website for mainframe industry news. For over a decade, we’ve shared ideas, explored new innovations, and highlighted the people shaping the...

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Mainframes and Their Rivals

Mainframes and Their Rivals

For decades, mainframes have stood quietly at the heart of global enterprise computing, but they haven’t been without competition. From the rise of minicomputers to the spread of UNIX systems and the open-source movement, each wave of innovation has challenged the...

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