Protecting critical customer data is always a priority when an enterprise is subject to a cybersecurity breach. In case of IBM LinuxONE, security is always at the forefront when it comes to protecting sensitive customer data. Given that IBM LinuxONE is a preferred choice as data serving platform, IBM had made advancements in both sustainability and security for hosting the critical customer data in the new IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 platform[1]. Recently enterprises are being subjected to increased continuous audits to keep up with the regulatory standards and any lapse in compliance with regulatory standards (or) cybersecurity frameworks might lead to hefty fines and risk of losing business driven by reputational damage. IBM LinuxONE being the platform which has capability of hosting such sensitive data, today we are announcing IBM LinuxONE Security and Compliance Center which helps the IBM LinuxONE client manage compliance posture on IBM LinuxONE with ease.
IBM LinuxONE Security and Compliance Center is a data driven policy based modern software solution which is deployable on IBM LinuxONE III and IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 on Redhat Openshift Container platform. This modern browser based application is built to extract compliance data from different Operating systems and Middleware running on IBM LinuxONE. The Compliance evidence data could range from understanding cryptography usage to different security setting which would compensate(?) compliance controls.
Easy Visualisation of Compliance Results
IBM LinuxONE Security and Compliance Center provides a detailed as well as executive level dashboard which gives at a glance and indepth details on compliance posture and compliance drift.
Compliance is not a point in time statement anymore, rather it’s a journey of continuous compliance where changes over time is critical data that an auditor would be interested in.
Choice of regulatory profiles and customisation
With IBM LinuxONE Security and Compliance Center, a client would get out of box compliance profiles checks for PCI-DSS , NIST SP800-53 and CIS Controls wherein all mappings of different goals are done so that a user can get started with scans right away. With the help of custom profiles, a user can define their own enterprise controls to customize scans accordingly.
Compliance Posture management
In the recent trend IT resources utilisation often needs thorough planning so that skilled labor can be utilised at the right place , with out of box automation of compliance checks IBM LinuxONE Security and Compliance Center
Recent IT trends show the challenges of leveraging skilled resources most efficiently, and the new IBM LinuxOne SCC with out of box automation of compliance checks can help a user get started with the journey of automated compliance scans based on schedules and different scopes (or) profiles in much easier way.
To know more about the solution visit our documentation section here
Link to the Announcement letter is here
[1] https://www.ibm.com/products/linuxone-emperor-4