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Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel. MORE
The Nero Admin Portal provides system administrators and developers with an intuitive interface for configuration, monitoring, and reporting. Google decided to sunset the Google Search Appliance over the next several years, leaving a gap in the enterprise search space for organizations dependent on it for their public website search and secure internal search. MORE
In DB2 for z/OS circles, there has been an evolution of attitudes concerning Linux on System z. One of the mainframers on this team had a suggestion: why not add a few IFL engines (more on this to come) to our System z servers and use those to consolidate a lot of our Linux systems (which were running primarily on x86 boxes)? The person who was advocating running Linux on System z made some good points, but the idea didn't get far and was set aside. MORE
Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator. A Russian-speaking hacker, who goes by the name of Alexey, claims to have hacked into over 100,000 MikroTik routers with a specific intent, disinfect them. MORE
For DB2 for z/OS to realize its full value-delivery potential in client-server computing environments, it has to provide to DBAs and to systems administrators the same performance management and tuning options that are available for local-to-DB2 applications (such as those that run in CICS regions). DB2 10 for z/OS, which became generally available this past October, is loaded with features and functions that can reduce the CPU cost of applications. MORE
The person asking the question had a need to provide DBAs in certain geographies with the privileges needed to get their work done, but in a way that would deny them access to data in user (versus system) tables. In a follow-on Part 2 entry, I'll address the challenge of enabling a DBA or system administrator to do his or her job whilst preventing that person from being able to access data in user tables. MORE
He suggests that protecting data that is on your system should be the focus. In other words, a system administrator should be able to maintain the system without seeing what is in the files he is backing up or transferring. MORE
The plethora of attacks has sent security professionals and system administrators scrambling to ensure their systems and backups are safe, and executives taking a second look at their cyber security programs. MORE
A couple of weeks ago, I got a question from a mainframe DB2 DBA about the impact of DB2 buffer pool enlargement on application and system performance. I/O assist processors are great, and they are one reason that System z has long excelled as a platform for I/O-intensive applications, but general-purpose engines (and zIIP engines, for that matter) still have to shoulder some of the read/write load. That time period could capture a "peak" of system activity (e.g., MORE
To ensure a secure multi-tenant environment for consolidation, you need a solution that: adequately isolates security for specific tenants or customers; authorizes access to the data itself without allowing even systems administrators or privileged users to see the data; and. MORE
Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Three members of the cybercrime group tracked as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts. MORE
The scope of the potentially applicable previous orders is quite broad as it goes from the role of the so called system administrator, to stringent security measures provided for specific data processing activities (e.g. The Italian budget law of 2017 had introduced a system of notification/authoritization for data processing activities performed by automated means and based on legitimate interest. MORE
In *nix, I prefer BASH (GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for administration. This is a major reason why *nix admins generally have managed a lot more systems than have Windows admins, requiring companies with Windows servers to hire more admins. This is handy to system administrators, but it is especially useful for someone like me, who is an architect with very little time to get their hands dirty. This shortcut should generally be "run as administrator.". MORE
Ransomware, business email compromises and direct ACH system hacks continue to morph and intensify. First, companies are more reliant on digital systems than ever before. So, for instance, we can walk through the benefits of sending, say a system administrator or help desk technician, through CompTIA CertMaster Learn , a self-paced eLearning platform that helps prepare them to earn the CompTIA Security+ certification. MORE
Our programmers invite me to meetings involving any new system with a data retention consideration. MORE
Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues. Organizations have employed bug bounty programs in an effort to encourage researchers to report security flaws in their systems. MORE
Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks. Malware backdoor EternalRomance follow on attacks Monero pyromine remote desktop ShadowBrokers smb1 MORE
An Akamai blog explained that memcached is “meant to cache data and reduce strain on heavier data stores […] and is only intended to be used on systems that are not exposed to the Internet”. According to Akamai, there are “currently more than 50,000 known vulnerable systems exposed”. MORE
“We recently observed cases of abuse of the systems running misconfigured Docker Engine-Community with Docker application program interface (API) ports exposed. Cybercriminals continue to abuse unprotected Docker APIs to create new containers used for cryptojacking, Trend Micro warns. MORE
Challenge: Your organization has many users involved in the lifecycle management of important information assets–from knowledge workers to legal associates to system administrators and, yes, Records Managers. MORE
An exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands with SYSTEM user privileges.” ” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. MORE
“To inject malformed packets that the Wireshark application may attempt to parse, the attacker may need access to the trusted, internal network where the targeted system resides. Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access. MORE
The reports also refers documents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration (SSA), and U.S. “In July 2017, Equifax system administrators discovered that attackers had gained. A new report from the U.S. MORE
In recognition of July 27 as System Administrator Appreciation Day, six technology executives share their thoughts on why these professionals are so vital to the organization. Hardware and software Data management Data types MORE
In this type of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the malicious traffic generated with the technique is greater than the once associated with the use of memcached, a service that does not require authentication but has been exposed on the internet by inexperienced system administrators. MORE
How integrating corporate resources like the IT help desk, system administration, quality assurance and HR can breathe new life into your security program MORE
To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network.” It poses a threat to several different operating systems, including Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, and Android.” Security agencies belonging to Five Eyes (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) have released a joint report that details some popular hacking tools. MORE
My analysis of the figures suggested that the system administrators were concerned by numbers that were in fact positive in nature; however, I also saw prefetch items that really were troublesome, and I subsequently learned that these were likely due to a buffer pool configuration change that had been made to improve application performance but ended up working towards the opposite end. MORE
Since the general work of a cybersecurity specialist is to ensure that computer systems and networks are secure—essentially meaning cybersecurity experts are in charge of the electronic security of an organization—they must be knowledgeable. MORE
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JULY 27, 2018
In recognition of July 27 as System Administrator Appreciation Day, six technology executives share their thoughts on why these professionals are so vital to the organization. Hardware and software Data management Data types
Dark Reading
MAY 17, 2018
How integrating corporate resources like the IT help desk, system administration, quality assurance and HR can breathe new life into your security program
Threatpost
APRIL 26, 2018
Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks. Malware backdoor EternalRomance follow on attacks Monero pyromine remote desktop ShadowBrokers smb1
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 27, 2018
Challenge: Your organization has many users involved in the lifecycle management of important information assets–from knowledge workers to legal associates to system administrators and, yes, Records Managers.
Thales Data Security
APRIL 12, 2018
He suggests that protecting data that is on your system should be the focus. In other words, a system administrator should be able to maintain the system without seeing what is in the files he is backing up or transferring.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator. A Russian-speaking hacker, who goes by the name of Alexey, claims to have hacked into over 100,000 MikroTik routers with a specific intent, disinfect them.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 17, 2018
In this type of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the malicious traffic generated with the technique is greater than the once associated with the use of memcached, a service that does not require authentication but has been exposed on the internet by inexperienced system administrators.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 28, 2018
“We recently observed cases of abuse of the systems running misconfigured Docker Engine-Community with Docker application program interface (API) ports exposed. Cybercriminals continue to abuse unprotected Docker APIs to create new containers used for cryptojacking, Trend Micro warns.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2018
An exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands with SYSTEM user privileges.” ” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 2, 2018
“To inject malformed packets that the Wireshark application may attempt to parse, the attacker may need access to the trusted, internal network where the targeted system resides. Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.
Thales Data Security
JANUARY 23, 2018
To ensure a secure multi-tenant environment for consolidation, you need a solution that: adequately isolates security for specific tenants or customers; authorizes access to the data itself without allowing even systems administrators or privileged users to see the data; and.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 12, 2018
To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network.” It poses a threat to several different operating systems, including Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, and Android.” Security agencies belonging to Five Eyes (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) have released a joint report that details some popular hacking tools.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 2, 2018
Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Three members of the cybercrime group tracked as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
The reports also refers documents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration (SSA), and U.S. “In July 2017, Equifax system administrators discovered that attackers had gained. A new report from the U.S.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
MAY 14, 2018
The scope of the potentially applicable previous orders is quite broad as it goes from the role of the so called system administrator, to stringent security measures provided for specific data processing activities (e.g. The Italian budget law of 2017 had introduced a system of notification/authoritization for data processing activities performed by automated means and based on legitimate interest.
Data Matters
MAY 17, 2018
Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues. Organizations have employed bug bounty programs in an effort to encourage researchers to report security flaws in their systems.
Thales Data Security
APRIL 9, 2018
Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel.
The Texas Record
MAY 7, 2018
The plethora of attacks has sent security professionals and system administrators scrambling to ensure their systems and backups are safe, and executives taking a second look at their cyber security programs.
IT Governance
MARCH 8, 2018
An Akamai blog explained that memcached is “meant to cache data and reduce strain on heavier data stores […] and is only intended to be used on systems that are not exposed to the Internet”. According to Akamai, there are “currently more than 50,000 known vulnerable systems exposed”.
Perficient Data & Analytics
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
The Nero Admin Portal provides system administrators and developers with an intuitive interface for configuration, monitoring, and reporting. Google decided to sunset the Google Search Appliance over the next several years, leaving a gap in the enterprise search space for organizations dependent on it for their public website search and secure internal search.
The Texas Record
AUGUST 23, 2018
Our programmers invite me to meetings involving any new system with a data retention consideration.
Cyber Info Veritas
JULY 3, 2018
Since the general work of a cybersecurity specialist is to ensure that computer systems and networks are secure—essentially meaning cybersecurity experts are in charge of the electronic security of an organization—they must be knowledgeable.
Robert's Db2
DECEMBER 18, 2013
My analysis of the figures suggested that the system administrators were concerned by numbers that were in fact positive in nature; however, I also saw prefetch items that really were troublesome, and I subsequently learned that these were likely due to a buffer pool configuration change that had been made to improve application performance but ended up working towards the opposite end.
JKevinParker
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
In *nix, I prefer BASH (GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for administration. This is a major reason why *nix admins generally have managed a lot more systems than have Windows admins, requiring companies with Windows servers to hire more admins. This is handy to system administrators, but it is especially useful for someone like me, who is an architect with very little time to get their hands dirty. This shortcut should generally be "run as administrator.".
Robert's Db2
JULY 16, 2014
A couple of weeks ago, I got a question from a mainframe DB2 DBA about the impact of DB2 buffer pool enlargement on application and system performance. I/O assist processors are great, and they are one reason that System z has long excelled as a platform for I/O-intensive applications, but general-purpose engines (and zIIP engines, for that matter) still have to shoulder some of the read/write load. That time period could capture a "peak" of system activity (e.g.,
Robert's Db2
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
In DB2 for z/OS circles, there has been an evolution of attitudes concerning Linux on System z. One of the mainframers on this team had a suggestion: why not add a few IFL engines (more on this to come) to our System z servers and use those to consolidate a lot of our Linux systems (which were running primarily on x86 boxes)? The person who was advocating running Linux on System z made some good points, but the idea didn't get far and was set aside.
Robert's Db2
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
The person asking the question had a need to provide DBAs in certain geographies with the privileges needed to get their work done, but in a way that would deny them access to data in user (versus system) tables. In a follow-on Part 2 entry, I'll address the challenge of enabling a DBA or system administrator to do his or her job whilst preventing that person from being able to access data in user tables.
Robert's Db2
APRIL 1, 2011
For DB2 for z/OS to realize its full value-delivery potential in client-server computing environments, it has to provide to DBAs and to systems administrators the same performance management and tuning options that are available for local-to-DB2 applications (such as those that run in CICS regions). DB2 10 for z/OS, which became generally available this past October, is loaded with features and functions that can reduce the CPU cost of applications.
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