PKWARE eNewsletter Hot off the virtual presses and straight to your emailbox…we’re pleased to deliver the August/September 2008 edition of the bi-monthly PKWARE® eNewsletter! In this issue, you’ll find helpful product and company news, success stories from some of our customers, and a white paper on how to control and ensure the security of data that must be exchanged with outside partners.

At PKWARE, we help thousands of companies around the world do business more securely and efficiently with our industry-leading data security, file management, and data compression solutions, SecureZIP® and PKZIP®. We hope this eNewsletter, in a small way, provides you with information that does a bit of the same. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and questions at editor@pkware.com

Product News: PKWARE Commits to Day One Support of Upcoming IBM® Mainframe Operating System Release
PKWARE ensured that both SecureZIP and PKZIP for z/OS® will provide Day One support for IBM's next mainframe operating system release, z/OS v1.10. Based on the endorsement of several PKWARE customers and our good standing as an IBM Advanced Development Partner, PKWARE was included in IBM's Early Availability Program, giving us access to the new operating system release for testing, well in advance of many other independent software vendors. Read More >>

Success Story: Leading Financial Institution Achieves PCI DSS Compliance, Meets Multiple Security Initiatives with SecureZIP
One of the world's largest financial institutions needed to implement a data security solution that complied with PCI DSS requirements. With SecureZIP, they acquired a PCI-compliant solution that also enabled them to meet other company security initiatives, as well as deploy a solution to securely communicate with their partners, regardless of the computing environment or security infrastructure. Read More >>


Product Update: PKWARE Releases SecureZIP for Windows® Desktop, version 12.2
Earlier this month, PKWARE released SecureZIP for Windows Desktop, version 12.2, which extends SecureZIP email integration to Microsoft® Outlook Express® and Windows Mail®. It also includes several customer-driven enhancements that further simplify the solution's usability. Read More >>


White Paper: Overcoming the Obstacles
Security-minded companies face a common challenge: how to control and ensure the security of data it must exchange with partners outside of the organization. This white paper addresses the challenge and, more importantly, proposes a cost-effective and easily scalable solution. Read More >>


Success Story: SecureZIP Delivers Ubiquitous Encryption Solution to Protect Sensitive Employee Data
A global consumer products company, with one of the largest and strongest portfolios of trusted household brands, needed a standardized data encryption solution across the organization, in order to protect sensitive HR information and ensure the company remained in compliance with various government regulations. SecureZIP was the only solution that met all of their primary requirements, while delivering the added benefit of compressing attachments to conserve bandwidth and storage space. Read More >>

Company News: PKWARE UK/EMEA Office Moves to London
To better server our customers and business partners, PKWARE's UK/EMEA office has moved to London. Read More >>

Product News: Current Level Sets for IBM i and z/OS PKWARE Products
PKWARE works constantly to improve the quality and performance of our applications on all platforms. For PKWARE products running on IBM large platforms (z/OS and IBM i), new level sets are published monthly, containing the latest updates. Not sure if you're working with the latest? Read More >>

Technical Note: Masking Passphrases in JCL When Working with SecureZIP for z/OS
SecureZIP for z/OS customers need a means to prevent encryption passphrases from appearing in the clear when running SecureZIP encryption and decryption jobs. Fortunately, there is an easy process to apply passphrases when encrypting or decrypting, yet avoid exposing such passphrases in the clear. Moreover, the recommended method follows standard IBM mainframe operational and data security best practices. Read More >>