The PowerTech Group, Inc. has announced general availability of an update to PowerTech Authority Broker, a tool that is used to enforce separation of duties on System i servers. Release 3.1 provides customization capabilities for companies that wish to extend the tool.

Users can now integrate their own custom programs when a profile swap or release occurs. Extensive sample code is provided to enable administrators to hit the ground running. Some examples of the possibilities:

• Change the library list or accounting code of a user profile once it swaps.
• Verify that a valid call ticket has been entered correctly.
• Require a manager approval before allowing the swap to continue.

Other major new enhancements in this release are.

• Enhanced tracking of call tickets that users enter when they initiate a profile swap.
• Administrators can interactively view the list of currently swapped users.

ôPowerTechÆs recently released ôState of System iö study showed that the average number of user profiles with *ALLOBJ authority on a system i server is 82. Companies can fix this exposure with Authority Broker.ö Said John Earl, CTO and vice president of PowerTech. ôProgrammers and IT staff donÆt need to carry special authorities like *ALLOBJ all the time, but rather can check out special authorities when they need them for emergency fixes.ö

Using patent pending technology in Authority Broker, administrators or help desk staff can grant special authorities only ôas-needed.ö All actions are fully audited while users are swapped to the powerful profile. Since April 2005, IBM has been shipping a free 30 day trial of the product with all distributions of i5 servers and upgrades to i5/OS.

About The PowerTech Group, Inc.

PowerTech is your security expert in managing evolving compliance and data privacy threats with automated security solutions for IBM Midrange Servers. Our ServerProven security solutions are straightforward and save your valuable IT resources, giving you ongoing protection and peace of mind.

Because System i and AS/400 servers are used to host particularly sensitive corporate data, companies find that practicing compliance security is imperative. As an IBM Advanced Business Partner with over 800 customers worldwide, PowerTech understands corporate vulnerability and the risks associated with data privacy and access control.

PowerTech is your security expert in managing evolving compliance and data privacy threats with automated security solutions for IBM Midrange Servers. Our ServerProven security solutions are straightforward and save your valuable IT resources, giving you ongoing protection and peace of mind.   Because IBM Power System (iSeries and AS/400) servers are used to host particularly sensitive corporate data, it is imperative that you practice proactive compliance security. As an IBM Advanced Business Partner with over 1,000 customers worldwide, PowerTech understands corporate vulnerability and the risks associated with data privacy and access control.   Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based PowerTech Group was founded by security experts in 1996. In 2004, PowerTech was awarded the prestigious Industry Driver APEX Award from iSeries NEWS. That same year, PowerTech also won the APEX award as the Editor’s Choice in the Security category. PowerTech is also the only iSeries security company to have been recognized as a finalist in the IBM Beacon awards.

The PowerTech security solutions provide definitive security coverage for iSeries and AS/400 systems.