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Meeting needs for IT security compliance

Real security means protecting information in your virtualized environment

CIOs and IT Architects are transitioning to new IT architectures like Cloud Computing, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and xml web services to facilitate rapid deployment of new workloads to meet changing business demands. These new architectures pose new security risks. IBM Power Systems servers coupled with PowerVM technology are designed to help clients build a dynamic infrastructure with a secure virtualization environment.

PowerVM hypervisor provides isolation in these virtualized environments. Through advanced dynamic logical partitioning (LPAR) capabilities, a single partition can act as a completely separate AIX, i, or Linux operating environment. Partitions can have dedicated or shared processor resources. Application development and testing can be performed in secure independent domains.

PowerVM hypervisor facts:

  • The PowerVM hypervisor is secure by design. IBM is the only vendor who designs the virtualized environment from bare metal through the hypervisor.
  • PowerVM is certified at an Evaluated Assurance Level 4+
  • Zero vulnerabilities reported against PowerVM by US CERT (link resides outside of ibm.com) or by MITRE Corporation (link resides outside of ibm.com)

Real security means mitigating threats before they become a problem

IBM’s UNIX operating system introduces multiple security enhancements to help you secure your IT environment.

AIX facts:

  • Role Based Access Control (RBAC) offers simplified administration and least privilege use hardening
  • Trusted AIX/Multi Level Security (MLS)* offers Labeled security, mandatory access controls
  • Enhanced long password hashing and support for pass phrases
  • AIX Stack Execution Disable (SED) prevents the successful exploitation of many types of buffer overflows.
  • RealSecure Server Sensor combines several protection technologies into a single multi-layered agent that protects AIX servers and applications from known and unknown threats with integrated firewall and a vulnerability-centric Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).

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Companies embracing Smarter Computing are implementing IT infrastructure based on the IBM Power Systems platform that is designed for data, tuned to the task and managed with cloud technologies. With Power Systems, businesses can outpace their competitors by delivering services faster, differentiate their offerings by delivering higher quality services, and turn operational cost into investment opportunity by delivering services with superior economics.

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Power Systems hardware provides the foundation for designing workload optimized systems in conjunction with software and expert domain knowledge. Power servers and blades are modular and scalable and designed from the chip through the software stack to help deliver new levels of business performance.

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Power servers deliver flexibility and choice of operating systems to enable your business to select the best applications for your business needs. Whether running 1, 2, or all 3 - coupled with PowerVM, they maximize the benefit of Power Systems in your business.

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Over the last five years thousands of clients have migrated to POWER. Learn how Power Systems has helped them improve their business performance, reduce risk, and establish a more secure future.

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