The mainframe is the backbone of our digital world.
And a hacker’s jackpot.
The mainframe is part of our everyday lives
Our credit card transactions, health records and more all exist on the mainframe, where the majority of organizations still host critical core IT.
of the world’s top 100 banks
of the world’s top 25 airlines
of the world’s top 10 insurers
of Fortune 500 companies
But as a result, the mainframe is a
prime target for cyberattacks.
The top mainframe threats of 2021 are:
Weak passwords
Culture of speed over security
Failure to encrypt internally
Surge in IoT devices
User error
Increasingly sophisticated
hack tactics
It takes as little as
30 seconds
for a hacker to exploit these vulnerabilities.
Which can cost businesses an
average of
$4.24 million.
“Cost of a Data Breach 2021,” IBM Security.
Protect yourself from devastating attacks with these practices:
Offer a computer vulnerability awareness program
Appoint a mainframe security architect
Automatically scan for vulnerabilities on the mainframe
Develop a process for patch management
Take the first step
learn more about vulnerability scanning on the mainframe.