Archive for the Category: Security

A Comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security

The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite (MQESS) to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security (WMQ AMS).   Capitalware’s MQESS IBM’s WMQ AMS Authentication Yes NO End-to-End Encryption Yes Yes Supported Encryption AES 128-bit AES 192-bit AES 256-bit   Yes Yes Yes   Yes No Yes Digital Signature SHA-2 SHA-1/MD5 Requires […]

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New: MQ Enterprise Security Suite

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Enterprise Security Suite. MQ Enterprise Security Suite (MQESS) is a new solution that provides authentication and data protection (Channels and Queues) for WebSphere MQ. MQ Enterprise Security Suite is comprised of: MQ Authenticate Security Exit for Authentication MQ Channel Encryption for Data Protection for […]

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New: MQ Message Encryption v1.0.0

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Encryption v1.0.0. MQ Message Encryption (MQME) provides encryption for MQ message data while it resides in a queue and in the MQ logs (i.e. all data at rest). In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information into an unreadable form (encrypted data). […]

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Why choose MQ Channel Encryption over SSL?

MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) is priced at $299 USD (volume discounts available) per queue manager plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee. SSL costs roughly $400 per certificate per year from a 3rd party CA (Certificate Authority). Hence, MQCE’s initial cost is cheaper than SSL and the ongoing yearly cost of MQCE is substantially cheaper […]

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New: MQ Channel Encryption v2.0.0

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) v2.0.0. MQCE provides encryption for WebSphere MQ (WMQ) message data over WMQ channels. MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requestor, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to encrypt […]

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New: MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v2.0.0

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS (z/MQCE) v2.0.0. z/MQCE provides encryption for WebSphere MQ (WMQ) message data over WMQ channels. z/MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requestor, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. z/MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) […]

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MQAUSX Security Bulletin

Yesterday, it was discovered that MQAUSX has a security issue of a high priority. If your IniFile is using UseAuthOrder and AuthOrder keywords and if the any of the parameters of AuthOrder keyword are disabled then all incoming connections are allowed. i.e. A fix is available for this bug. Please contact Capitalware Support immediately for […]

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