Guardz
Guardz is an AI-powered cybersecurity solution that provides MSPs with a platform to protect and insure small and growing businesses from cyberattacks.
The platform provides automatic detection and response to protect users, devices, cloud directories, and data. We simplify cybersecurity management to allow businesses to focus on their growth without being bogged down by security complexity.
The Guardz pricing model is scalable and cost effective and ensures comprehensive digital asset protection. It also facilitates rapid deployment and business growth.
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Stonebranch
Stonebranch’s Universal Automation Center (UAC) is a Hybrid IT automation platform, offering real-time management of tasks and processes within hybrid IT settings, encompassing both on-premises and cloud environments. As a versatile software platform, UAC streamlines and coordinates your IT and business operations, while ensuring the secure administration of file transfers and centralizing IT job scheduling and automation solutions. Powered by event-driven automation technology, UAC empowers you to achieve instantaneous automation throughout your entire hybrid IT landscape. Enjoy real-time hybrid IT automation for diverse environments, including cloud, mainframe, distributed, and hybrid setups. Experience the convenience of Managed File Transfers (MFT) automation, effortlessly managing and orchestrating file transfers between mainframes and systems, seamlessly connecting with AWS or Azure cloud services.
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CA Cleanup
Effortlessly streamline the ongoing and non-interactive process of cleaning up security files with CA Cleanup, which is specifically crafted to aid in meeting various regulatory requirements regarding information security, privacy, and protection. In mainframe security databases, outdated user IDs and entitlement definitions often linger, presenting a mismatch with an individual's current responsibilities; this situation fosters uncertainty, heightens risk, and amplifies the chances of security vulnerabilities. Additionally, it imposes an unwarranted strain on system administrators and the overall system. As regulatory, statutory, audit, and staffing challenges intensify, there is an urgent need to tackle the issue of excessive security entitlements. CA Cleanup addresses this necessity by operating continuously, tracking your security system’s activities to document which security definitions are actively utilized and which are not. It diligently monitors security activities, allowing for the identification of both utilized and dormant access rights associated with any user or application. This not only enhances security protocols but also lightens the load for administrators, making security management more efficient and effective.
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IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
IBM RACF for z/OS provides a robust framework for safeguarding mainframe resources by utilizing resource managers to make informed access control decisions. By ensuring that only authorized individuals gain access, it plays a crucial role in keeping sensitive data secure. Users can be authenticated through various means, including passwords, password phrases, digital certificates, Kerberos tickets, or PassTickets. To effectively manage and control access to critical z/OS data, implementing tools designed for this purpose is essential. The RACF database stores detailed information about users, resources, and their corresponding access rights, which is essential for enforcing your security policies. This database is instrumental in determining who can access protected resources based on established security guidelines. Additionally, RACF features comprehensive logging and reporting capabilities that track user attempts—both successful and unsuccessful—to access resources, thus facilitating the detection of potential security breaches or vulnerabilities. This functionality enhances your ability to monitor and respond to security threats. Moreover, with the RRSF, you can execute most RACF commands on a node while using a user ID that is different from the one currently logged in, offering greater flexibility in managing security. This level of control is vital for maintaining a secure mainframe environment.
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