by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Nov 16, 2020 | administration, DB2, IBM, IT, privacy, security
Facial data maskIf you follow common sense or health agency / government instructions, you probably wear at least a basic face mask when mingling with other people. Mostly, this is to protect others from your droplets, possibly with some virus-laden payload. If the...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Oct 21, 2020 | administration, cloud, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, security
Solution architectureHere is a quick follow-up on my recent blog on best practices for the cloud onboarding of enterprise projects. There, I discussed how to use Terraform scripts as blueprint in the onboarding process. Starting with a corporate standard for setting...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Oct 19, 2020 | automation, cloud, IBM, IT, security, terraform
Architecture: End to end securityWhen onboarding a new project — either on-prem or to a cloud environment — there should be no questions on how to get started. Onboarding should follow an enterprise-defined process based on (internal) standards. It needs to detail...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Sep 15, 2020 | administration, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, Python, security
On IBM Cloud, I have an account with multiple other users. To organize teamwork, I followed best practices for organizing users, teams, applications and made use of the IBM Cloud IAM (Identity and Access Management) capabilities. With users, service IDs, access...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Aug 17, 2020 | architecture, DB2, IT, security, version 11.5
In my last blog I quickly pointed out the new Db2 11.5 Mod Pack 4. I mentioned that one of the new features is support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Today, I want to take a deeper look at this new security feature in Db2. Probably all of you have used JWTs before, maybe...
by Ember Crooks | Jul 14, 2020 | DB2, Featured, ldap, security
Db2 is a bit unusual among RDBMSes in that it does not perform authentication. No matter what, you need some external authority to perform authentication. Usually that is either the OS or LDAP, though there are other options. If using LDAP, either transparent LDAP or...
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