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From Mainframe to Cybersecurity: Experience Is the New Superpower, Ladies

From Mainframe to Cybersecurity: Experience Is the New Superpower, Ladies

by Nancy Grimes | Oct 22, 2025

From Mainframe to Cybersecurity: Experience Is the New Superpower If you’ve written COBOL, debugged Assembler, or know how to resolve an S0C7 abend, chances are you belong to an older—and increasingly rare—demographic in tech. If you’re a woman, that group is even...

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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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Australia Gains First Real-Time Mainframe Ransomware Defense with Vertali APAC and MainTegrity CSF

Australia Gains First Real-Time Mainframe Ransomware Defense with Vertali APAC and MainTegrity CSF

by Carolyn Wojtas | Oct 2, 2025

Australian organizations running IBM z/OS systems can now access a new defense for mainframes in the Asia-Pacific(APAC) region. In news welcomed by all enterprises battling cybersecurity threats – which is all of them – MainTegrity Inc. appointed Vertali APAC as its...

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