Security is paramount in the 15 or so shops I’ve worked in. And supremely important in banks. And none were ever hacked. IBM makes it easy to secure the MF. Other platforms make it easy for hackers. Banks are robbed fairly often. Just through the front door. Many of you are anti mainframe. It shows quite frequently. Oh, I’m also trained in law enforcement so I have an idea about security.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, October 7, 2021, 5:27 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: The insecurity of Windows is irrelevant. The insecurity of less-secure platforms is relevant to the question "where should I implement my financial software?" but not relevant to the question "do I need to consider the possibility of a mainframe breach?" By the same logic, no bank has ever been robbed, because houses get broken into every day. I am not anti-mainframe. It is not an anti-mainframe position to advocate for mainframe security. "Oh, we have nothing to worry about" is surely the enemy of security. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 4:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe ransomware solution Nearly all banks run a mainframe. If hackers wanted to break into platforms handling the worlds financial system, where all the money is, the mainframe is the platform. The MF has been around for 60-70 years and all you can come up with the Logica non hack and some hokey hack only you know about. Whereas, Microsoft, and every other platform are hacked every week. And the ransom attacks aren’t on the MF. Plus, don’t get me started on the thievery of bitcoin. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, October 7, 2021, 4:49 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > Maybe that’s why mainframe hacks have actually never happened Assuming you don't count Logica. ("Oh, that wasn't a real mainframe hack, they came in through USS.") And assuming you don't count one other that I am aware of but under a firm request not to discuss. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 3:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe ransomware solution You’d have to be a poorly run shop to permit any of those to occur. Maybe that’s why mainframe hacks have actually never happened.....Biden successfully extracted 124,000 from Afghanistan in a few weeks. Amazing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
