Advanced Message Security

Advanced Message Security ( AMS) is a component of IBM MQ that provides a high level of protection for sensitive data flowing through the IBM MQ network, while not impacting the end applications.

If we are moving highly sensitive or valuable information, especially confidential or payment-related information such as patient records or credit card details, we must pay special attention to information security. Ensuring that information moving around the enterprise retains its integrity and is protected from unauthorized access is an ongoing challenge and responsibility. You are also likely to be required to comply with security regulations, at the risk of penalties for non-compliance.

We can develop your own security extensions to IBM MQ. However, such solutions require specialist skills and can be complicated and expensive to maintain. Advanced Message Security helps address these challenges when moving information around the enterprise between virtually every type of commercial IT system.

• It provides application-level, end-to-end data protection for the point to point messaging infrastructure, using either encryption or digital signing of messages.
• It provides comprehensive security without writing complex security code or modifying or recompiling existing applications.
• It uses Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology to provide authentication, authorization, confidentiality, and data integrity services for messages.
• It provides administration of security policies for mainframe and distributed servers.
• It supports both IBM MQ servers and clients.
• It integrates with Managed File Transfer to provide an end-to-end secure messaging solution.

For more information, see Advanced Message Security.