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Topics & Trends: Data Security within the Ever-evolving Mainframe Environment

The mainframe has always been considered the heart of the data center. Today more than ever, the mainframe is central to many applications, no longer acting in isolation, but rather as an affiliate in the data transmission process. Protecting the mainframe’s data assets is critical in ensuring that valuable information won’t be lost, stolen, or exposed as it is exchanged through the mainframe’s permeable perimeters.

The progression of the mainframe in a world that demands persistent “connectedness” introduces increased risks to sensitive data stored on the mainframe. Our newest white paper, “Spotlight on Mainframe Security: Data Protection at the Heart of the Enterprise,” addresses the pressing need for data security within the ever-evolving mainframe environment, identifies current data center risks, and establishes controls for optimizing mainframe data security. Data-centric solutions that exceed current compliance requirements, such as SecureZIP® for z/OS®, tackle the growing security challenges facing the mainframe infrastructure.

This white paper is the first of several PKWARE is authoring on the subject of mainframe data security. Visit www.pkware.com/mainframedatasecurity and sign up to automatically receive additional mainframe data security white papers when they are published. While on our mainframe data security Website, download a free 30-day trial of SecureZIP for z/OS to experience, firsthand, a data-centric solution that will protect the valuable data stored and transmitted in your mainframe environment.