Experts' Guide to OS/400 & i5/OS Security - Softcover

Woodbury, Carol; Botz, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158304096X ISBN 13: 9781583040966

Publisher: 29th Street Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Written for IT managers and network administrators, this guide explains how to manage security in two of the iSeries platform's operating systems: OS/400 and the new i5/OS. The authors recommend settings for system values, and describe OS/400's user profile, object authorities, database, spooled file, network communications, and internet security tools. Previously published as Implementing AS/400 security, 4th ed., the updated edition adds chapters on writing a security policy, service tools, the integrated file system (IFS), and single sign-on. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Carol Woodbury is president and co-founder of SkyView Partners, a firm specializing in security consulting, remediation services, and assessment software. Carol has more than 14 years in the security industry. She worked for IBM for 16 years, the last 10 of which were spend working in the area of OS/400 security -- first as OS/400 security Developement Team Leader and then as the AS/400 Chief Engineering Manager for Security for the eServer Division. Carol is a world-renowned speaker in the area of security and serves as a technical expert for numerous publications. Her knowledge of OS/400 security coupled with her years of consulting and remediation services provide the basis for the practical guidelines found in this book.

Patrick Botz has had a wide and varied career in the computer industry. He graduated from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and began his career at Control Data Corporation in Sunnyvale, California, where he was responsible for the CDC BASIC compiler. In 1984, he went to work for ETA Systems, Inc., a supercomputer manufacturer, where he worked on Unix workstation-based electronic computer-aided engineering tools. Pat joined IBM in 1989 as part of the computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Team in Rochester, Minnesota, again focusing on distributed Unix workstation-based tools. In 1993, Pat joined IBM's OS/400 security team. He has had several different responsibilities on the security team, most recently serving as the lead security architect. Pat was the lead architect for IBM's Enterprise Identity Mapping technology, one of the underpinnings of OS/400's single sign-on strategy. His responsibilities at IBM recently changed to e-Server security, with a focus on solving cross-platform security issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: 29th Street Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 158304096X
• ISBN 13: 9781583040966
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 489