I was one of the developers for Deadbolt, and while we were able to get the product into a small number of installations as an "alpha" state release, the project was cancelled in early 2008.
Wayne Driscoll Rocket Software Note - All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 1:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just how secure are mainframes? | Trevor Eddolls I have never found much barrier to entry with the IBM Business Partner process. The HUGE obstacle is customer inertia and conservatism. Customers may complain about software costs, but they are the big barriers to entry for small competitors. At my former employer we had customers say specifically "we love your product but we are not taking on any new software vendors." (In some cases you could overcome that by partnering with a reseller.) I would not want to be out there pitching "my ESM from Mills & Associates is way superior to RACF, Mr. Wells Fargo or Mr. Fidelity or whatever. You should drop RACF and install the Mills & Associates ESM." There is a concept in software marketing called "stickiness." A search engine has zero stickiness. If a better search engine came along tomorrow you would start using it in a heartbeat. An ESM is waaaaay sticky. Even if I could sell Mr. Fargo on the superiority of my ESM, who is going to migrate all their RACF rules and administrative processes and TEST them? Barry tried (or is still trying?) with a product (or prototype or concept) called DEADBOLT. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fibmsystemsmag.com%2Fmainframe%2Ftrends%2Fztalk%2Fbarry-schrager%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwdriscoll%40ROCKETSOFTWARE.COM%7C3dccc79ac19e457f709508d6ee9a6b83%7C79544c1eed224879a082b67a9a672aae%7C0%7C0%7C636958744343975330&sdata=UJAwz6fOG%2BZrEIO%2FqUTAMl1nUJyyHSzxGrm4L2qb5GQ%3D&reserved=0 https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dignus.com%2Fsuccess_stories%2FJME%2Fpaper.html&data=02%7C01%7Cwdriscoll%40ROCKETSOFTWARE.COM%7C3dccc79ac19e457f709508d6ee9a6b83%7C79544c1eed224879a082b67a9a672aae%7C0%7C0%7C636958744343975330&sdata=K4dbKJR1i85k6dd9246I7t4FNVS47OksBYu4UHlOV4Y%3D&reserved=0 Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 9:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just how secure are mainframes? | Trevor Eddolls On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 11:26 AM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > If that's what it stands for I should think those aren't just the big > three but the ~only~ three. At least, I've never heard of any others. > Which is odd, when you think about it; surely there's someone out > there wanting to break into the market? So says my capitalist > assumptions. But apparently not. > Most likely the entry cost. Developing z/OS software is _expensive_. I don't know, but when I looked a couple of years ago, the zPDT was something like $5000 / year with annual renewal. And you need to be approved by IBM as a "Business Partner". That is a stiff barrier to entry, IMO. I know some business people here have a zPDT system, but I doubt that Phoenix Software would really want to go up against IBM and CA for that market. Also, unlike a productivity tool such as (E)JES, an ESM is (or should be) "business critical" for protection. To convince a company to go with a "new & unknown" product in this era of PHI, HIPAA, GDPR, and so on is so unlikely as to be silly to even consider. Better to go with products such as (E)JES (Phoenix Software) or Systems/ASM (Dignus) which, I feel, are more likely to be considered without the company auditors having a fit. The reason I love Linux is the _zero_ cost of the GNU and other software. Basically I only pay for the hardware and electricity. Of course, I am not a software developer, just a bit of a dilettante so far as programming is concerned. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you want to test a man's > character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln */ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 11:22 > > I have been under the impression it stands for External Security > Manager, of which the "big 3" would be RACF, ACF2, Top Secret. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Tom Brennan > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 10:21 AM > > I've seen the acronym ESM a few times in this thread. I'll assume > that means "Enterprise Security Management", and I'll guess it refers > to security processes (not RACF), such as assigning userid's, making > sure people have just the access they need, periodic audits, etc. > > Am I even close? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. 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