SkyView Partners today announced a Security Administrators Guide for the IBM i platform. The new e-book based on the experience of Carol Woodbury and her work with clients during the last 12 years at SkyView Partners Inc., defines the role of security administrator including the values for key security settings, why they should be set as such and how often they should be checked.

"Given the spotlight on security recently whether it's the $45 million ATM heist or the case of Eric Snowden and the NSA, both of which can be traced to a root cause of "too much access to data", it's clear that security needs to become a discipline and not just another item on the System Admins' list of things to do," explains Carol Woodbury, President of SkyView Partners Inc. "IBM's emphasis on 'Big Data' means a higher concentration of information on platforms like the IBM i. With that concentration of information comes the responsibility of securing that data. Security Administration can no longer be lost in the list of things that a system administrator is supposed to do on a regular basis. Disciplined security administration is as much a part of defending data assets as deploying access control solutions. The role needs to be defined and the tasks and timings described in detail. This book is a 'quick read' intended to get to the heart of the matter, giving very specific guidance and help to companies so that security is properly addressed on the platform."

"This guide is full of practical and logical advice that is current and relevant for the IBM i. It is a valuable reference component for logical access security deployment," noted Herb Hill, Senior Manager of Information Security Services at a major Canadian financial institution.

"This guide armed me with the information I needed to be assertive with vendors and keep our systems more secure," said Brian Hole, CISSP with Les Schwab Tire. "It provided sound security theory and IBM i 'practical application' all wrapped up in one place."

The IBM i Security Administrators Guide is available online through SkyView Partners Inc. as of August 20, 2013.

SkyView Partners is dedicated to providing software to help you solve your security compliance and policy issues. SkyView Partners was founded by John Vanderwall and Carol Woodbury. Prior to forming the partnership with Woodbury to focus on developing a security practice, Vanderwall most recently spent several years as a founder of the software division of an AS/400 security firm and served as vice president of sales and marketing. Woodbury worked for 16 years with IBM in Rochester, Minn., and served for more than 10 years as the AS/400 Security Architect and Chief Engineering Manager of Security Technology for IBM's Enterprise Server Group. During this time, Woodbury provided security architecture and design consultations with IBM Business Partners and large AS/400 customers. She is known worldwide as an author and speaker on security technology, specializing in i5/OS and IBM i security issues. Woodbury has published her third book, IBM i and i5/OS Security & Compliance: A Practical Guide from 29th Street Press, has written numerous articles on security, and is a contributing author on security for MCPress Online and other IBM midrange publishers.

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