Security News > 2023 > December > Why you need to extend enterprise IT security to the mainframe

Organizations with mainframes face a unique challenge: extending consistency across the entire enterprise, including mainframe environments.

A common discrepancy arises as the IAM system used in the enterprise often differs from the one employed for mainframe authentication.

To achieve comprehensive protection and uniformity, it is imperative to leverage the same IAM system on both the enterprise and the mainframe.

Mainframe organizations encounter two significant hurdles: many users relying on insecure eight-character passwords, and the common struggle of managing separate MFA solutions for the mainframe and the enterprise.

Centrally managed host access: Re-evaluate current host access methods and eliminate eight-character passwords by unifying authentication through a trusted MFA solution employed both in the enterprise and on the mainframe.

In the intricate landscape of mainframe modernization, solutions need to address legacy challenges while aligning with modern expectations.

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