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September 28, 2026
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Small IBM i Shops Are Not Too Small to Be a Target

Small IBM i environments running unsupported OS versions face the same automated threats as enterprise shops. Security level 20 profiles, unverified backups, and unpatched HTTP configurations are the gaps most small shops do not discover until something fails.
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