ManageEngine Log360 is a comprehensive SIEM solution that helps to harden network security and streamline log management processes. It monitors, collects, analyzes, and archives logs from IBM AS/400 (IBM i) logs (among other sources).
Whether it’s capturing system events, user activity, or security violations, Log360 ensures complete visibility into IBM Application System 400 (AS/400) environments for effective threat detection and audit readiness.
How Log360 ingests and processes IBM AS/400 (IBM i) logs
Log360 connects to IBM AS/400 devices by opening specific ports (446-449, 8470-8476, 9470-9476) to receive logs directly from the system.
To collect detailed audit logs, auditing must be enabled on the AS/400 system. This involves creating a journal receiver in a specified library using AS/400 commands. Log360 then fetches the journal logs from this receiver for monitoring and analysis.
Log types and monitoring focus areas
Log360 processes critical IBM AS/400 (IBM i) event types to support both security and IT operations:
- System logs: IPL events, subsystem operations, device and job status updates
- Security audit logs: Profile changes, object authority violations, failed access attempts
- Command logs: Command line (CL) command executions, unauthorized or risky command usage
- Authentication events: Sign-on attempts, invalid credentials, password changes, account disablement
Events Log360 closely tracks in IBM Application System 400 (AS/400)
- Unsuccessful sign-on attempts and locked profiles
- Modifications to user privileges and authority levels
- Access to critical objects and libraries
- Execution of sensitive system or CL commands
- Changes to system configurations and security settings
- Job terminations or resource failures
Core benefits of IBM AS/400 (IBM i) integration with Log360
- Unified log visibility: Centralize monitoring of IBM AS/400 (IBM i) alongside other critical systems like Windows devices, Linux devices, firewalls, and cloud infrastructure.
- Real-time alerts and detection: Detect anomalies, insider threats, and policy violations as they occur using correlation rules and behavior analytics.
- Simplified compliance: Generate audit-ready reports for mandates such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, and GDPR using pre-built templates.
- Faster forensics: Conduct rapid root-cause investigations with search, drill-down, and contextual log views.
Tackling IBM AS/400 (IBM i) security and audit challenges
| Challenges |
How Log360 helps |
| Visibility into user activities |
Monitors user logins, command executions, and object accesses in real time |
| Auditing privileged operations |
Tracks all actions by high-privilege accounts and identifies escalation attempts |
| Tracking configuration changes |
Captures and reports all system-level or profile changes for security auditing |
| Detecting suspicious patterns |
Uses correlation rules and UEBA to highlight anomalies and insider threats |
| Meeting compliance demands |
Provides automated, customizable reports mapped to regulatory frameworks |
Broader security coverage: Log360's unified advantage
- Cross-system insights: Correlate IBM AS/400 (IBM i) activity with events from other platforms including Windows devices, firewalls, databases, and cloud apps.
- User and entity behavioral analytics (UEBA): Detect advanced threats with user and entity behavior analytics based on historical baselines.
- Threat intelligence integration: Automatically match IBM AS/400 (IBM i) log events against global threat feeds to detect known malicious indicators.
- Centralized command center: Access all monitoring, alerting, and reporting from a single, unified dashboard—for both compliance and threat response.
Use IBM AS/400 SIEM data to monitor potential threats
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