Mainframe shops favor a single authentication system that protects both mainframe and non-mainframe applications, says new survey

79% of mainframe professionals say relying solely on password authentication is risky, 74% want stronger protection such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), but 40% say separate sign-on and authentication systems for the mainframe and other platforms make deploying MFA more challenging. Crawley, UK, December 3, 2019 - IBM mainframe customers would prefer a single unified authentication system that lets users securely access both mainframe and non-mainframe applications, a new survey suggests. As well as improving the... Source: RealWire