The LIMA aims to establish the maturity of your current Linux environment in order to help your organisation develop it to a level which fits with your technical and business requirements.
Don’t Drown in a Sea of Cyberthreats: Mitigate Attacks with IBM BigFix & QRadarIBM Security
view on demand: https://securityintelligence.com/events/dont-drown-in-a-sea-of-cyberthreats/
Security teams can be overwhelmed by a sea of vulnerabilities–without the contextual data to help them focus their efforts on the weaknesses that are most likely to be exploited. Cyberthreats need to be stopped before they cause significant financial and reputational damages to an organization. You need a security system that can detect an attack, prioritize risks and respond within minutes to shut down an attack or vulnerability that could compromise your endpoints and data.
Join this webinar and learn how IBM BigFix seamlessly integrates with IBM QRadar to provide accelerated risk prioritization and incident response to mitigate potential attacks giving you an integrated threat protection system to keep your corporate and customer data secure.
Bridging the Gap Between Your Security Defenses and Critical DataIBM Security
View on-demand recording: http://securityintelligence.com/events/bridging-the-gap-between-your-security-defenses-and-critical-data/
Many organizations are struggling with the growing gap between the vulnerability of critical data and security defenses. You need visibility at all times to prevent external and internal database breaches. Your organization can't lose sight of the importance of the integrity of your data, including unauthorized changes and suspicious activity.
You will learn how combining the industry-leading security intelligence capabilities of IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform with the robust data security capabilities of IBM Security Guardium data activity monitor, organizations can gain actionable insights to reduce security risks at all layers and boost compliance across the enterprise.
In this live webinar, Sally Fabian, IBM Data Security Technical Specialist, will discuss:
- Architecture and integration points
- Real-time alerts and reporting
- Vulnerability assessments according to your risk score
- Security intelligence event log collection and analytics
- Actionable insights from security events
IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
Respond to license audits in minutes, uncover unused software that can be cancelled or redeployed to lower expenses by 35% or more with this solution from IBM. Covers Windows, Linux, and Unix applications with a library of over 100,000 software titles.
IBM Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
Complete visibility and management over all endpoints - physical or virtual, on- or off-network across Windows, Max, Unix, and Linux servers, desktops, laptops, and specialty devices. Includes network discovery, deep hardware and software inventory of managed devices, software distribution and patch management, OS deployment and bare-metal provisioning, and remote control.
Learn more about how organizations prevented downtime with #BigFix in the wake of #wannacry. References and Use Cases along with a review of our BigFix Solution.
https://www.ibm.com/connect/ibm/ca-en/resources/tomjs/
Don’t Drown in a Sea of Cyberthreats: Mitigate Attacks with IBM BigFix & QRadarIBM Security
view on demand: https://securityintelligence.com/events/dont-drown-in-a-sea-of-cyberthreats/
Security teams can be overwhelmed by a sea of vulnerabilities–without the contextual data to help them focus their efforts on the weaknesses that are most likely to be exploited. Cyberthreats need to be stopped before they cause significant financial and reputational damages to an organization. You need a security system that can detect an attack, prioritize risks and respond within minutes to shut down an attack or vulnerability that could compromise your endpoints and data.
Join this webinar and learn how IBM BigFix seamlessly integrates with IBM QRadar to provide accelerated risk prioritization and incident response to mitigate potential attacks giving you an integrated threat protection system to keep your corporate and customer data secure.
Bridging the Gap Between Your Security Defenses and Critical DataIBM Security
View on-demand recording: http://securityintelligence.com/events/bridging-the-gap-between-your-security-defenses-and-critical-data/
Many organizations are struggling with the growing gap between the vulnerability of critical data and security defenses. You need visibility at all times to prevent external and internal database breaches. Your organization can't lose sight of the importance of the integrity of your data, including unauthorized changes and suspicious activity.
You will learn how combining the industry-leading security intelligence capabilities of IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform with the robust data security capabilities of IBM Security Guardium data activity monitor, organizations can gain actionable insights to reduce security risks at all layers and boost compliance across the enterprise.
In this live webinar, Sally Fabian, IBM Data Security Technical Specialist, will discuss:
- Architecture and integration points
- Real-time alerts and reporting
- Vulnerability assessments according to your risk score
- Security intelligence event log collection and analytics
- Actionable insights from security events
IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
Respond to license audits in minutes, uncover unused software that can be cancelled or redeployed to lower expenses by 35% or more with this solution from IBM. Covers Windows, Linux, and Unix applications with a library of over 100,000 software titles.
IBM Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
Complete visibility and management over all endpoints - physical or virtual, on- or off-network across Windows, Max, Unix, and Linux servers, desktops, laptops, and specialty devices. Includes network discovery, deep hardware and software inventory of managed devices, software distribution and patch management, OS deployment and bare-metal provisioning, and remote control.
Learn more about how organizations prevented downtime with #BigFix in the wake of #wannacry. References and Use Cases along with a review of our BigFix Solution.
https://www.ibm.com/connect/ibm/ca-en/resources/tomjs/
IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
IBM® Endpoint Manager for Server Automation enables users to perform advanced automation tasks across servers, including task sequencing—without the need for programming skills. This product offers a rich set of prebuilt automation scripts and enables users to create and re-use their own automation flows.
IBM Endpoint Manger for Power Management (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
Save $20-$50 per computer per year by automatically putting devices in lower-power states when they are unused. Much more granular policy setting, "Green" reports, savings models, client-side dashboard, coverage for PCs and Macs, and continuous enforcement set this solution apart from relying on the built-in power management settings.
The Business Case for Enterprise Endpoint Protection: Can You Afford Not To?IBM Security
Despite the implementation of various security controls, enterprises are being breached on a daily basis. Hackers use a variety of tools and techniques to infiltrate corporate networks and access valuable data. The prevailing method is to infect employee endpoint with advanced malware, steal login credentials and gain a foothold within the corporate network. Identifying effective solutions to prevent and mitigate these threats has never been so challenging.
In this live session Dana Tamir, Director of Enterprise Security Product Marketing at IBM Security Trusteer will:
- Discuss the threats and challenges organizations are facing in today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape
- Examine the business case for endpoint protection and breach prevention
- Provide recommendations for effective endpoint protections
View the on-demand recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5627325065449913090
The New Assure Security: Complete IBM i Compliance and SecurityPrecisely
On April 8 Syncsort announced Assure Security, a new product that brings together Syncsort’s best-in-class IBM i security capabilities. Assure Security enables organizations like yours to comply with cybersecurity regulations and strengthen IBM i security through features that assess security vulnerabilities, control access to systems and data, enforce data privacy, and monitor for security incidents and compliance deviations.
View this webcast on-demand to learn all about Assure Security, including:
• How Syncsort’s security brands have come together in Assure Security
• How Assure Security automates security best practices and satisfies regulatory requirements
• How Syncsort can help you control access to IBM i systems and prevent data breaches
Application security meetup k8_s security with zero trust_29072021lior mazor
The "K8S security with Zero Trust" Meetup is about K8s posture Management and runtime protection, ways to secure your software supply chain, Managing Attack Surface reduction, and How to secure K8s with Zero-Trust.
Malicious PowerShell scripts are on the rise, as attackers are using the framework’s flexibility to download their payloads, traverse through a compromised network, and carry out reconnaissance. Symantec analyzed PowerShell malware samples to find out how much of a danger they posed.
Further reading:
PowerShell threats surge: 95.4 percent of analyzed scripts were malicious (https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/powershell-threats-surge-954-percent-analyzed-scripts-were-malicious)
The increased use of PowerShell in attacks (https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/security-center/white-papers/increased-use-of-powershell-in-attacks-16-en.pdf)
Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Software License OptimizationFlexera
A full enterprise wide hardware and software asset inventory provides the essential “evidence” agencies use to detect unlicensed and/or unauthorized IT assets
Companies are looking forward for single Operation center for entire IT stack, This preso summarize the design components for ESOC which will cater entire IT infrastructure and application stack from a single facility.
Businesses are rapidly expanding beyond their traditional data center boundaries into the cloud, with hybrid cloud architectures becoming the new norm. As business-critical workloads and data get increasingly run on diverse platforms across multiple data centers, private and public clouds, it is imperative for IT business continuity solutions to keep pace with the transformation and to continue meeting business Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Veritas Resiliency Platform makes it simple for organizations to innovate without compromising on critical business SLAs. Organizations can confidently adopt hybrid cloud architectures and predictably meet critical SLAs in spite of growing IT complexity. With a unified approach to IT Service Continuity, Resiliency Platform enables IT operations to deliver predictable service levels to the business while ensuring location independence, platform choice, and operational simplicity.
Best Practices for Workload Security: Securing Servers in Modern Data Center ...CloudPassage
Presentation slides from Black Hat 2016. Presented by Sami Laine, Principal Technologist at CloudPassage & Aaron McKeown, Lead Security Architect of Xero.
Case Study: Running a DCS in a Highly Virtualized Environment, Chris Hughes o...Digital Bond
This session will cover the pro's and con's of virtualization as well as lessons learned from real world virtualization of DCS environments. Chris has deployed virtualization in ICS with and without ICS vendor cooperation.
IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
IBM® Endpoint Manager for Server Automation enables users to perform advanced automation tasks across servers, including task sequencing—without the need for programming skills. This product offers a rich set of prebuilt automation scripts and enables users to create and re-use their own automation flows.
IBM Endpoint Manger for Power Management (Overview)Kimber Spradlin
Save $20-$50 per computer per year by automatically putting devices in lower-power states when they are unused. Much more granular policy setting, "Green" reports, savings models, client-side dashboard, coverage for PCs and Macs, and continuous enforcement set this solution apart from relying on the built-in power management settings.
The Business Case for Enterprise Endpoint Protection: Can You Afford Not To?IBM Security
Despite the implementation of various security controls, enterprises are being breached on a daily basis. Hackers use a variety of tools and techniques to infiltrate corporate networks and access valuable data. The prevailing method is to infect employee endpoint with advanced malware, steal login credentials and gain a foothold within the corporate network. Identifying effective solutions to prevent and mitigate these threats has never been so challenging.
In this live session Dana Tamir, Director of Enterprise Security Product Marketing at IBM Security Trusteer will:
- Discuss the threats and challenges organizations are facing in today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape
- Examine the business case for endpoint protection and breach prevention
- Provide recommendations for effective endpoint protections
View the on-demand recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5627325065449913090
The New Assure Security: Complete IBM i Compliance and SecurityPrecisely
On April 8 Syncsort announced Assure Security, a new product that brings together Syncsort’s best-in-class IBM i security capabilities. Assure Security enables organizations like yours to comply with cybersecurity regulations and strengthen IBM i security through features that assess security vulnerabilities, control access to systems and data, enforce data privacy, and monitor for security incidents and compliance deviations.
View this webcast on-demand to learn all about Assure Security, including:
• How Syncsort’s security brands have come together in Assure Security
• How Assure Security automates security best practices and satisfies regulatory requirements
• How Syncsort can help you control access to IBM i systems and prevent data breaches
Application security meetup k8_s security with zero trust_29072021lior mazor
The "K8S security with Zero Trust" Meetup is about K8s posture Management and runtime protection, ways to secure your software supply chain, Managing Attack Surface reduction, and How to secure K8s with Zero-Trust.
Malicious PowerShell scripts are on the rise, as attackers are using the framework’s flexibility to download their payloads, traverse through a compromised network, and carry out reconnaissance. Symantec analyzed PowerShell malware samples to find out how much of a danger they posed.
Further reading:
PowerShell threats surge: 95.4 percent of analyzed scripts were malicious (https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/powershell-threats-surge-954-percent-analyzed-scripts-were-malicious)
The increased use of PowerShell in attacks (https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/security-center/white-papers/increased-use-of-powershell-in-attacks-16-en.pdf)
Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Software License OptimizationFlexera
A full enterprise wide hardware and software asset inventory provides the essential “evidence” agencies use to detect unlicensed and/or unauthorized IT assets
Companies are looking forward for single Operation center for entire IT stack, This preso summarize the design components for ESOC which will cater entire IT infrastructure and application stack from a single facility.
Businesses are rapidly expanding beyond their traditional data center boundaries into the cloud, with hybrid cloud architectures becoming the new norm. As business-critical workloads and data get increasingly run on diverse platforms across multiple data centers, private and public clouds, it is imperative for IT business continuity solutions to keep pace with the transformation and to continue meeting business Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Veritas Resiliency Platform makes it simple for organizations to innovate without compromising on critical business SLAs. Organizations can confidently adopt hybrid cloud architectures and predictably meet critical SLAs in spite of growing IT complexity. With a unified approach to IT Service Continuity, Resiliency Platform enables IT operations to deliver predictable service levels to the business while ensuring location independence, platform choice, and operational simplicity.
Best Practices for Workload Security: Securing Servers in Modern Data Center ...CloudPassage
Presentation slides from Black Hat 2016. Presented by Sami Laine, Principal Technologist at CloudPassage & Aaron McKeown, Lead Security Architect of Xero.
Case Study: Running a DCS in a Highly Virtualized Environment, Chris Hughes o...Digital Bond
This session will cover the pro's and con's of virtualization as well as lessons learned from real world virtualization of DCS environments. Chris has deployed virtualization in ICS with and without ICS vendor cooperation.
Lexcomply - ERM enables organizations to implement an Enterprise Risk management (ERM) & Internal Controls framework. Risk Manager captures information such as loss events, key risk indicators (KRIs), assessment responses and scenario analysis data in a flexible and connected way. Connecting the entire risk eco system including internal and external stakeholders, it allows Risk managers to analyse risk intelligence and communicate effectively.
The Reality of Managing Microservices in Your CD PipelineDevOps.com
As we shift from monolithic software development practices to microservices, our well-designed CD pipeline will need to change. Microservices are small functions, deployed independently and linked via APIs at run-time. While these differences seem minor, they actually have a large impact on your overall CD structure. Think hundreds of workflows, small of any builds and the loss of a monolithic 'application.'
Join Tracy Ragan, CEO of DeployHub and Brendan O'Leary, Developer Evangelist at GitLab, to learn more.
It's never too early to start the conversation.
What’s New with NGINX Controller Load Balancing Module 2.0?NGINX, Inc.
On-Demand Link: https://www.nginx.com/resources/webinars/new-nginx-controller-load-balancing-module-2-0/
Speaker:
Karthik Krishnaswamy
Sr Product Marketing Manager
NGINX, Inc.
About the webinar
Achieving consistency in application performance begins with a consistent load balancing configuration. NGINX Controller Load Balancing Module 2.0 introduces a policy-driven approach to configuration management resulting in consistent configuration across multiple NGINX Plus instances. This can be achieved with the push of a button, saving time and effort for I&O teams. We will also showcase NGINX Controller’s integration with ServiceNow which seamlessly blends into your IT service management workflows.
The webinar includes a live demo of the Load Balancing Module in action.
From Chaos to Compliance: The New Digital Governance for DevOpsXebiaLabs
DevOps and related trends (cloud-native, digital transformation, etc.) are unquestionably mainstream, but they still come with difficulties. Many organizations are struggling with outdated governance models that slow down digital innovation, while not effectively reducing risk. Plan/build/run, stage-gated checklists, and approval boards are losing favor, but what will replace them? Risk management is still critical.
Special guest Charles Betz, Forrester Principal Analyst, joined Dan Beauregard, VP, Cloud & DevOps Evangelist at XebiaLabs, to discuss:
• The role of an integrated, end-to-end release pipeline in ensuring auditability and standards compliance
• The evolution and automation of change and release management and the decline of the Change Approval Board
• Chaos and resilience engineering as the basis for a new governance model
NIST Cybersecurity Framework is voluntary framework to support the emerging needs for having robust and effective cyber security practices across an enterprise. This presentation recaps the Framework 6 months into implementation and along with changes. Also, discusses the capabilities of TrustedAgent GRC to accelerate and strengthen the implementation of an effective cybersecurity program by automating or addressing many of the practices required by the framework.
IBM BigFix: Closing the Endpoint Gap Between IT Ops and SecurityIBM Security
View on-demand presentation here: securityintelligence.com/events/ibm-bigfix-closing-the-endpoint-gap-between-it-ops-and-security/
Many organizations have siloed teams, with IT Security and Operations performing functions independently using disparate tools. Every new tool, handoff, and process between these two teams creates another opportunity for your defenses to be breached and for additional time and cost to be added.
IBM® BigFix® provides a single platform for Endpoint Security and Management to help protect all your endpoints — from roaming endpoints such as a laptop in a coffee shop to point-of-sale (POS) devices connecting through partner sites. It allows your teams to operate in unison and continuously monitor each endpoint for potential threats and enforce compliance with security, regulatory, and operational policies.
Learn how you can quickly respond to an attack without losing productivity!
Vikash Pandey delivered a session on "Microservices – Explored" at ATAGTR2020
ATAGTR2020 was the 5th Edition of Global Testing Retreat.
Vikash is an empathetic leader working with people & technology in the area Product Development, Consulting, Support and Operations for 20+ years
The video recording of the session is now available on the following link: https://youtu.be/dF5wx4w66s8
To know more about #ATAGTR2020, please visit: https://gtr.agiletestingalliance.org/
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Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
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We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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2. LIMA Objective
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
To provide a Linux operating environment
that is fully aligned to your technical and
business requirements, dramatically reduce
deployment time, simplify maintenance,
increase stability, and reduce support and
management costs.
5. Linux Adoption Trends
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
Linux
80%
2010 2011 2012
60% 69% 73%
Windows
20%
5 year plan for
increased OS
investments
Increasing
80%
Decreasing
1%
Enterprises increasing
use of Linux for mission
critical workloads
The results of this survey were based on responses from
355 IT professionals from organizations with £250 million
or more per year in revenues and/or 500+ employees.
Maintaining or
increasing Linux to
support cloud
6. Linux Is Being Used Everywhere
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
Stock Exchange use Linux
New York
Movies are made on Linux
The automotive trade
uses Linux
Banks use Linux
International Space
Station uses Linux
London
Singapore
7. Why Linux?
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
What our customers tell us motivates them to adopt more
Open Architectures*
01. Technical agility
04. End-users
07. Reduced costs
02. Cost agility
05. Customers
08. Innovation
03. Cloud
06. Collaboration
09. Quality
*Source: LinuxIT Survey (February 2013)
8. What Are The Market Forces Behind Linux
Adoption Trends
Preferred OS for
Tier-1
Applications
Preferred OS for
Cloud
Preferred OS for
Big Data
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
Preferred OS
Certification for
CV’s
93% of employers
plan to hire a
Linux pro in the
next 12 months
The results of this survey were based on responses from 850 hiring managers from
corporations, small and medium businesses (SMBs), government organizations, and
staffing agencies.
10. Current Challenges For Linux
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
OSS empowers organisations to increase innovation,
efficiency and competitiveness.
As OSS becomes more pervasive, the need for governance increases
exponentially. Open source governance should be embedded in broader
governance to insure IT supports the business goals, and appropriately
manages IT-related risks and opportunities.
As the use of OSS is growing and maturing, the need for governance has
become an integral part of mainstream IT management. OSS is ubiquitous
and unavoidable - having a policy against it is impractical and may place
you at a competitive disadvantage and more.
11. Current Challenges For Linux
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
50% of Global 2000 organisations will experience
technology cost and security challenges due to
lack of Open Source governance
By 2014
Source: Gartner
Through 2015
Less than 50% of IT organisations
will have effective Open Source
governance programs in place
Poor governance can expose organisations to potential quality and business risks,
putting organisations in a vulnerable position.
12. Current Challenges For Linux
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
Slashed IT budgets are forcing organisations to look at
cost effective alternatives like OSS whilst delivering quality and
innovation. However, lack of knowledge and information has driven
organisations to act outside normal governance when adopting Linux
and OSS.
Mike Curtis, Executive Director at LinuxIT
However, the very nature of OSS and historically the way in which
it has proliferated outside of corporate governance filters now means
it suffers from a lack of quality and adherence to governance policies.
This makes it appear inferior and riskier than governed IT estates,
explains Curtis.
13. Current Challenges For Linux
Linux Infrastructure
Maturity Assessment
Why your organisation will benefit from best practice
Linux architectures and systems management
The common issues
• Linux often entered into the organisation
via the backdoor many years ago and has
proliferated organically, rather than against a
strategy or plan.
• It has not, therefore, been subject to the same
rigorus standards or ROI assessments applied
across the UNIX and Microsoft estates.
• This very often leads to multiple,
undocumented builds of variable standards
across numerous Linux distributions.
14. Current Challenges For Linux
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• Some of these distributions do not carry the
enterprise assurances demanded of a mission
critical environment.
• They are often not optimised for the application in
terms of performance or security.
• Without a standardised architecture design and
documentation, there is a great deal of risk through
dependency on the engineer that built the servers.
• Servers are not built with operational efficiencies in
mind, so scaling up capacity is complex, expensive
and does not benefit from any economies of scale.
• It also often means they are not regularly updated
with security patches and fixes which can introduce
risk into the organisation.
15. Current Challenges For Linux
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• Because they have not been built against best
practice, there is often no facility to detect, isolate
and correct problems before they impact on the
business.
• Very often, security has not been considered to the
extent that it should have been when building these
servers, particularly in terms of identity management,
activity monitoring and virus/malware management.
• Ultimately poor practice around Linux causes an
increase in failure rates, security risk and costs while
decreasing productivity, operational efficiencies and
the value your organisation is able to deliver.
• Customers may not return if they’ve suffered from
a bad experience - for example, on an e-commerce
or m-commerce website, leading to lost sales
opportunities.
17. Audit Linux Significance
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Perform a thorough audit of your
current Linux environments
Including what varieties of distributions,
versions and configurations exist and where,
why and how they are deployed and managed.
This includes all instances of Linux existing
and planned, the hardware it sits on and
applications it underpins, and how it integrates
into the environment. Be sure to document.
18. Audit Linux Competencies
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Undertake a skills assessment
To establish whether the necessary
competencies exist in-house or indeed with
your service provider.
Beware, there are very few service providers
that have these competencies themselves and
contractors simply cannot offer the integrated
services approach.
19. Implement Best Practice
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• Manage your systems in such a way that you
are aware of problems before your customers
are - implement fault management systems
that are designed specifically to provide a
greater return on investment in your Linux
estate.
• Secure your Linux infrastructure with best
practice Linux security management that
addresses access controls, user activity, data
privacy, viruses and malware and denial of
service attacks.
• Adopt best practice Linux as the foundation
for value recognition further up the stack.
22. Linux Infrastructure Maturity Model
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Optimised
Standardised
Controlled
or none has been identified in the
infrastructure
Ad-hoc
No Linux
U
U
L
R
L
N
N
E
B
C
S
N
L
B
S
0
1
2
3
4
S
B
23. Linux Infrastructure Maturity Model
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Lack of capability
Reactive
Optimised
Unpredictable, Uncoordinated
Standardised
Undocumented strategy
Controlled
No Linux
Ad-hoc
2
3
4
Lack of reporting or MI
No/low budget
No Backups or DR
0
1
24. Linux Infrastructure Maturity Model
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Basic documentation
Coordinated plans
Some systems integration
No configuration management
Optimised
Emergent Linux strategy
Standardised
Ad-hoc
No Linux
Controlled
3
4
Less reactive
Basic management processes
Some cost control
Some monitoring & reporting
Backups and some DR exists
0
1
2
25. Linux Infrastructure Maturity Model
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Mature Strategy Configurations managed
systems integrated
Effective monitoring & reporting with
detailed MI Proactive management focus
Optimised
Controlled
Ad-hoc
No Linux
Standardised
Consolidated and rationalised
Details SLA’s
Effective backup policy
Effective DR (manual intervention required)
Budget and costs managed
Most risk identified
Capability to deploy new resources in days
and hours
0
1
2
3
4
26. Linux Infrastructure Maturity Model
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Standardised
Controlled
Ad-hoc
No Linux
Optimised
Dynamic & flexible strategy
Scalability to accommodate new
requirements (deployable in minutes and
seconds)
Lean & agile processes
highly integrated
Real time MI fed into KPI’s, Businessbased SLA’s (reflects availability & capacity
requirements)
Automated systems management
Highest levels of auditability and security
Full BCP and DR systems in place,
regularly tested
Fully identifiable cost and risks
Proactively focused on improvement
0
1
2
3
4
27. LIMA Process
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Scope
Phases
Analysis
Discovery
Current State
Strategy
Consulting
Analysis
Assessment
Presentation
& Discussion
Transformation
Reporting
Enablement Program
Future State
Vision
29. Envision Appropriate Level of Maturity
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Identify Appropriate Future State of
Maturity
Mature Strategy Configurations managed
systems integrated
Effective monitoring & reporting with
detailed MI Proactive management focus
Optimised
Controlled
Ad-hoc
No Linux
Standardised
Consolidated and rationalised
Details SLA’s
Effective backup policy
Effective DR (manual intervention required)
Budget and costs managed
Most risk identified
Capability to deploy new resources in days
and hours
0
1
2
3
4
...informed by technology and business
requirements and strategy
Pragmatically
Designed by Qualified
Consultants
30. Transformation
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Ambitious but Achievable
balances costs, scope, pace, capabilities, benefits and timing
Gap Analysis
Prioritise
Requirements
to Bridge
Gap
Reassess
Maturity
Design
Transformation
Enablement
Program
Implement
Discrete
Transformation
Elements
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