IBM Redbooks, developed and published by IBM are technical publications defining best practices for installing and using IBM products – written by clever clogs.

A new Redbook was released recently, covering the click bait feature of IBM’s latest mainframe (the z14.  Like you didn’t know) – Pervasive Encryption.

Pervasive Encryption is a comforting innovation for anyone feeling their privacy, personal information or money, to be somewhat crown jewel like in nature.

To quote IBM (stay with me for the next 90-ish words please, friends) – “At the core of every enterprise are business assets which if lost or compromised could cause irreparable damage. Core business data may be governed by regulatory requirements designed to protect data and safeguard privacy, with high penalties in the event of loss. Internal and external pressures to protect customer data have changed the perspective around how core business data should be handled.

IBM’s pervasive encryption is a consumable approach to enable extensive encryption of data in-flight and at-rest to substantially simplify encryption and reduce costs associated with protecting data and achieving compliance mandates.”.

In our world of GDPR, compliance and governance demands, advancements such as pervasive encryption are highly relevant.

Encrypting EVERYTHING may be desirable but in practice, is complex and expensive to achieve.  This is the challenge the z14 help address.

Anyway, I was talking about the latest IBM best seller Redbook.

Google ‘Getting Started with z/OS Data Set Encryption’ if you are interested in learning more and please, take a moment to review the ‘Authors’ section.

You will note the only non-IBMer in the list of contributors is Thomas Liu of The Australia and New Zealand Banking Corporation (ANZ Bank) from Melbourne, Australia – yes, that Melbourne.  The World’s Most Liveable City.

Thomas Liu is a senior ANZ system programmer and a respected member of the IBM Customer Council (comprised of less than a dozen IBM customers worldwide).  Thomas knows his stuff.

An invitation from IBM to a client to co-author an IBM Redbook represents a significant statement of recognition from IBM.  Someone knows their stuff.  It is also somewhat of an honour within the technical community.

One thing I must give IBM credit for is how they involve clients in the process of not only documenting and sharing expertise with the broader technical community but also to help shape developments and innovations for future product roadmaps.

This post is to say ‘Thanks’ to all the anonymous technologists out there.  You make a massive contribution.

In closing, I feel it important to mention Thomas does not seek or feel comfortable with public praise for his efforts.
So, to all of Thomas’ friends and colleagues, I suggest you share a link to this article with him.

Thank you, Thomas, and sorry mate.

#trustIBMZ #digitaltrust #ANZBank

 

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