IBM has created a pair of complementary views to bridge the communication gap between the business and the technical perspectives of security to enable convergence in thought and process. The IBM Security Framework addresses the business view, and the IBM Security Blueprint addresses the technical view. 

This white paper describes how security that is built into a dynamic infrastructure can mitigate risks, enabling agility, secure collaboration, and business transformation. The IBM Security Framework and lifecycle approach can help address changing business requirements. 

Read this chapter for an exploration of best practices and topics to consider in security spending by framing them around four stages of IT management: assessing, designing, deploying, and monitoring/managing. 

This white paper provides insight into the requirements for protecting privacy in SAP non-production environments and describes some of the comprehensive data masking techniques available with the IBM® Optim™ Data Privacy Solution for SAP® Applications. 

A recent study conducted by the Edison Group, shows how Oracle Database extends the lead over IBM DB2 9.5 for database manageability. In the whitepaper, Edison reveals how Oracle Database saves 40% in time for day-to-day administrative functions and 43% in database management costs over IBM DB2 9.5. 

Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) represents a technology that is too significant to compromise or to try to blend into a more general product line. That is why IBM decided to boost investment in IDS development and promote it as a premier relational database management system (RDBMS) for high-volume transaction applications. 

Database growth, long-term data retention regulations and storage requirements increase operational costs. Yet, archiving complex relational data poses many challenges. Optim Data Growth Solution provides proven technology and comprehensive capabilities that make archiving complex relational data practical and desirable. 

This document is designed to help firms understand their data conversion options. It outlines what data is critical and must be converted for compliance purposes and business continuity, what data is not critical, the relationship between data conversion and reporting, and what to look for in a new technology provider relative to data conversion. 

This webinar demonstrates how DataDirect's Data Integration Suite can help automate mission-critical EDI transactional processing for a variety of commercial industries. 

PortalGuard is an authentication and password security solution that allows end-users to securely authenticate and self-manage passwords directly from a Web browser, while providing administrators with functionality to meet or exceed their security objectives and achieve compliance with government and industry regulations. 

Many companies are considering Oracle R12 to help them thrive in the global business environment. But upgrading can affect the organization as a whole as well as processes and underlying technologies. To help you avoid costs and delays and take full advantage of the software, AT&T experts outline key steps for assessing your upgrade readiness. 

Coinstar, a coin conversion company, needed to identify new and profitable locations for their coin conversion machines. They turned to SPSS Inc.'s data integration and analysis capabilities with various demographic and geography-based variables. Read this case study for more details. 

Check out this e-Kit for comprehensive information related to web application security strategies and web application security testing through SaaS. Included are several white papers, demos, and podcasts.