Security and a PowerSC Overview

Nigel comments on I.T. security generally and how PowerSC helps om Power Systems for AIX plus some tool help Linux on Power and IBM i. PowerSC is six tools in one package: 1 Compliance Automation rolling out system hardening profiles to 100's of servers at a time using the AIX aixpert command and reporting back when rules are broken. The profiles a create by IBM's top security team. 2 AIX Real Time Compliance 3 Trusted Network Connect + Patch Management 4 Trusted Boot 5 Trusted Firewall - really a safe way to reduce network latency on the VIOS 6 Trusted Logging Note Newer versions of PowerSC contain great new features and a friendly GUI iterface. IBM Web page https://www.ibm.com/products/powersc Techie guides RedBook ~200 pages http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248082.html PowerSC 1.2 Power Systems Virtual User Group by Stephen Dominguez with a hands-on (94 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p_zsy_wZRU This particular slide deck was use on the IBM UK "Brunch and Learn" 30 minute sessions in 2021. See the well hidden website https://video.ibm.com/recorded/129457615. On this page you can find 100's of other hot topics on I.T. subjects in 30 minute doses. Note: I have retired from IBM but I am still interesting is supporting and helping nmon and njmon users. Please use [email protected] from now on.