Whitepaper: Data Authenticity and Endpoint Security

Twenty years ago, there was no thought of encrypting data on mainframe applications, let alone data authentication issues, because there was enough physical and network security to sufficiently mitigate risks.

Today, the mainframe is just another server in your data center, with all the network connectivity, integration points, and risks of any other server. Mainframe applications now need to apply the same risk mitigation security precautions that are applied on a Microsoft Windows® server.

Mainframe modernization via Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and other means introduces certain risks to the quality and accuracy of data. Even though the mainframe has the most durable protections in the industry, necessary integration with small platform systems – in order to provide user productivity interfaces – opens the door to “man-in-the-middle” attacks and other threats far beyond those contemplated in the system’s initial design.

The newest PKWARE® whitepaper, “Spotlight on Mainframe Security: Data Authenticity and Endpoint Security,” reviews how mainframe applications in today’s environment now need to apply risk mitigation security precautions of encryption, digital signing, and trusted authentication.

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This whitepaper is one of several PKWARE is authoring on the subject of mainframe data security. Visit www.pkware.com/mainframedatasecurity to view additional mainframe security whitepapers. Also, you can download a free 30-day trial of SecureZIP® for z/OS® to experience, firsthand, a data-centric solution that will protect the confidential data stored and transmitted in your mainframe environment.