Medical Mutual of Ohio Gains Easy Access to Vital Mainframe Security Data in Real Time via Syncsort Ironstream® and Splunk Enterprise

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Syncsort, a global leader in Big Data and mainframe software, today announced Medical Mutual of Ohio is using Syncsort's unique Ironstream® software to make mainframe security data available in real time to the Splunk® Enterprise platform to help protect customer information stored in DB2 from unauthorized access.

Now, Medical Mutual is able to see previously hard-to-access mainframe data, alongside other security information it was already analyzing in Splunk Enterprise. Splunk Enterprise enables a consolidated enterprise-wide view of machine data collected across the business, which makes it possible to correlate events that might not raise suspicion alone, but could be indicative of a threat when seen together.  

"Medical Mutual of Ohio has been using Splunk Enterprise to monitor unauthorized access on distributed systems," said Craig Fox, Security Specialist at Medical Mutual of Ohio. "Now by adding mainframe data provided by Ironstream into Splunk Enterprise, we finally have a real-time, 360-degree view that enables us to correlate all of our security data from across the enterprise and gain visibility into user-authentication data and access attempts tracked on the mainframe."

With Ironstream leveraging Splunk Enterprise, Medical Mutual has now implemented what's known as a Big Iron to Big Data security strategy enabling them to:

• Track security events and data from multiple platforms including IBM z/OS mainframes, Windows and distributed servers and correlate the information in Splunk Enterprise for better security.
• Diagnose and respond to high severity security issues more quickly since data across the entire enterprise is being monitored in real time.
• Provide monthly and daily reporting with an up-to-the-minute account of unusual user activity.
• Detect security anomalies and analyze their trends – the cornerstone of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) strategies.

"We have been impressed with the Splunk platform's ability to handle massive amounts of data from different formats and indexes and to decipher and correlate security events through analytics," continued Fox. "Now, with Ironstream, we can also stream mainframe security data for even greater insights. Our mainframe team is also satisfied with Ironstream's low overhead, which keeps mainframe processing costs low."

Organizations can download a free Ironstream Starter Edition and begin streaming z/OS Syslog data into Splunk solutions. Unlike typical technology trials, the Starter Edition is not time-limited and may be used in production at no charge. This includes access to the Ironstream applications available for download on Splunkbase.

About Syncsort

Syncsort provides enterprise software that allows organizations to collect, integrate, sort and distribute more data in less time, with fewer resources and lower costs. Thousands of customers in more than 85 countries, including 87 of the Fortune 100 companies, use our fast and secure software to optimize and offload data processing workloads. Syncsort software provides specialized solutions spanning "Big Iron to Big Data," including next gen analytical platforms such as Hadoop, cloud, and Splunk. For over 48 years customers have turned to Syncsort's software and expertise to dramatically improve performance of their data processing environments, while reducing hardware and labor costs. Experience Syncsort at http://www.syncsort.com.

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About Medical Mutual of Ohio

Founded in 1934, Medical Mutual of Ohio is the oldest and largest health insurance company based in Ohio. For more than 80 years, the company has served customers with high-quality, affordable group and personal health insurance plans, and third-party administrative services to self-insured group customers. As a mutual health insurance company, Medical Mutual is unique in that it operates for the benefit of its members. Unlike publicly-traded insurance companies that must maximize their financial return, Medical Mutual does not answer to stockholders or Wall Street analysts. For more information, visit the company's award-winning Web site at MedMutual.com.

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