Common Sweden Conference 2024

Applying PTFs is only one part keeping your system up to date. In this session we will learn to apply updates to your hardware - the FSP, the HMC, and the SAN.  We will go over the access to the FSP through ASMI as well.

Want to remove *ALLOBJ from a service account but afraid you'll break something?   Can't determine where a user's authority to access a production file is coming from?  Don't know how much authority is required to access files in the IFS?   All of these questions can be answered using Authority Collection - a powerful feature added in V7R3 and enhanced in V7R4.  During this session, Carol Woodbury will demo Authority Collection and provide you with practical ways you can use it in your organization.
 

In this new session, Scott will explore the many ways that “bad actors” can attempt to subvert the security on IBM i. Whether the topic is protecting against SQL Injection, closing doors to acquiring elevated privileges, or attempting to discover unprotected objects, this session will include techniques for evaluation and protection of your IBM i. Attend this session to take a big step towards discovering and eliminating attack vectors within Db2 for i!

This session will introduce IBM i Work Management to the developer and other new system administrators. We will explore how the system is configured and managed using IBM i Navigator for i, with examples from ACS, SQL Services, and the traditional character based interface as well. As delivered your IBM i installation work, but it is not optimized for your environment. All too often the performance of your system is impacted by poor work management practices. Learn how to take the first steps to optimizing your IBM i Work Management.

The audit journal contains so much information but has not been easy to access … until now. During this session Carol Woodbury will discuss the modern ways to access the IBM i audit journal, as well as the most recent audit enhancements. She will also discuss how the information can be used as an early warning signal of an attack on your organization.

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