Category Archives: WMQ Security

WebSphere MQ Security-related posts.

Handy IMPACT conference cross reference

With IMPACT fast approaching, I’ve compiled a cross reference of all the web sites, twitter handles, hastags and session agendas that I know of.  Feel free to add more in the comments!

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WMQ Security bulletin site

Been wondering how to know if your WMQ is up to date for security patches?  Wonder no more!  Just go visit the Security Bulletin for WebSphere MQ page.  The Recommended Fixes page lists all of the Fix Packs and from … Continue reading

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WMQ Security Open Mic announced!

developerWorks Technical Exchange is hosting a WebSphere MQ Open Mic on the topic of security September 16 from 11am – 12pm EDT.  The panel will include Tom Schneider, Morag Hughson, Paul O’Donnell and myself.  The deadline for be pre-submitted questions … Continue reading

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Security remediation – DIY?

It’s nice to have been around long enough to be able to watch the WMQ community grow over the years.  You can watch the postings on the Vienna List Server or MQSeries.net work though themes as the community goes through … Continue reading

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WMQ Security Lab materials posted

As promised, here are the WMQ Security Lab materials.  These include the lab guide and the scripts.  To run the lab you will need a Linux server with WMQ v7.0 installed, as well as WMQ Explorer with SupportPac MS0P, the … Continue reading

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WMQ SSL & TLS Open Mic

Regular followers of this blog won’t want to miss tomorrow’s WebSphere Technical Exchange “WMQ SSL & TLS Open Mic“.  Panelists scheduled are Alex Fehners, Andrew Akehurst, Calista Stevens, Jonathan Rumsey, Mike Horan, Rhys Francis, Tameka Woody, Mark Womack and Tiffanie … Continue reading

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Deep Queue #14 – The Elephant Under the Bed

This episode of The Deep Queue celebrates the first birthday of the podcast with some discussion of the SSL protocol vulnerability that was recently discovered.  Although there has been no announcement with regard to WebSphere MQ, I try to put … Continue reading

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In memorium

The PCI community has suffered a great loss with the passing of Dave Taylor recently.  Dave had a vision of helping companies achieve not just the letter of PCI compliance, but the spirit of PCI compliance through better understanding and … Continue reading

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Deep Queue #13: Unlucky number thirteen

After a month unplanned hiatus, The Deep Queue is back.  This month we are talking about high availability, which is obviously something The Deep Queue lacks.  This may not seem like a security topic at first glance but to my … Continue reading

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WebSphere MQ – Coming soon to an audit near you!

The June 29 episode of The Deep Queue is finally up!  Sorry about the delay, I was on an engagement last week that had me staying over the weekend in Boston to perform a production implementation on Saturday.  Although I’ve … Continue reading

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