Bring Mainframe Data Into Full Security Scope

Gain continuous visibility and policy control over VSAM, QSAM, Db2 on zOS, IMS, and other legacy systems—without rewriting code or disrupting operations.

Kontxtual Mainframe Security Posture Management (MSPM) integrates mainframes into your enterprise security posture. Eliminate blind spots, meet compliance mandates, and modernize securely—at enterprise scale.

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Mainframe Blind Spots Undermine Your Enterprise Security Posture

Most organizations rely on mainframes for mission-critical operations, yet treat them as disconnected from modern data security frameworks. Manual processes, outdated visibility, and shadow datasets all compound compliance and breach risk. Traditional tools weren’t built for this—and they fall short at scale.

Kontxtual MSPM by 1touch.io changes that by making your mainframe data discoverable, classifiable, governable—and fully integrated with your cloud and hybrid posture.

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Modern Security for the Backbone of the Enterprise

Kontxtual MSPM is the only solution that natively discovers, classifies, and maps sensitive data on mainframes while correlating it with access, user behavior, and data flows across your enterprise. It natively supports VSAM, QSAM DB2, IMS, and other formats while preserving the reliability and performance of your existing systems.

By integrating with the broader Kontxtual platform and knowledge graph, MSPM builds real-time situational awareness and control across every data store—on-prem, cloud, and mainframe alike.

What sets it apart:
Context-Aware Discovery: Understand not just what data exists, but how it moves, who touches it, and where it creates risk.
Agentless Architecture: No operational disruption or code changes. Seamless scan of VSAM, DB2, IMS, and more.
Unified Policy Enforcement: Extend retention, residency, and access rules to mainframe data—alongside cloud and on-prem systems.
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Intelligent Capabilities for Complex Legacy Systems

Kontxtual MSPM replaces fragmented tooling with real-time, context-aware capabilities that scale across your enterprise.

Capability
What it Does
Why it Matters
Mainframe Data Discovery
Contextual Classification
Metadata & Context Extraction
Access Intelligence for Mainframes
Real-Time Posture Monitoring
Integrated Policy Enforcement
Context-Aware Risk Scoring
Hybrid Integration
Audit-Ready Reporting
Automatically scans VSAM, Db2, IMS, and flat files for sensitive, regulated, or shadow data.
Uses Contextual AI to apply policy-ready tags based on sensitivity, access, and business context.
Builds a multidimensional view of each record using user, system, and business context.
Maps and visualizes user access patterns, entitlements, and data interactions.
Continuously assesses adherence to security policies and regulatory controls.
Applies access, retention, and residency policies directly to mainframe datasets.
Prioritizes risks based on access behaviors, data sensitivity, and business impact.
Connects mainframe data to distributed and cloud environments without disrupting core systems.
Auto-generates regulatory and internal audit reports across hybrid environments.
Closes visibility gaps and ensures legacy systems are accounted for in your enterprise security posture.
Enables scalable, precise governance and downstream enforcement without manual effort.
Powers access decisions, policy enforcement, and risk scoring.
Identifies over-provisioned roles, toxic access combinations, and anomalous behaviors for remediation.
Detects violations early, enabling proactive remediation and audit readiness.
Reduces compliance risk without requiring application rewrites or code-level intervention.
Focuses limited resources on the most critical vulnerabilities across mainframe assets.
Unifies governance and security operations across your hybrid estate.
Streamlines audit prep, reduces manual work, and ensures defensible compliance.
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Proven Benefits That Go Beyond Visibility

Kontxtual MSPM enables security, data, and compliance leaders to address legacy risk while supporting enterprise-wide governance goals.

Accelerate Audit Readiness: Rapidly demonstrate controls across VSAM, DB2, and IMS without manual data pulls.
Reduce Operational Overhead: Replace fragile scripts and costly third-party tools with unified, automated insight.
Extend Zero Trust to Legacy: Enforce least privilege and monitor access in mainframes with the same rigor as cloud systems.
Lower Risk of Non-Compliance: Detect unauthorized data movement and enforce residency and retention at the source.
Drive Governance Consistency: Unify metadata, tagging, and policy across all systems—old and new.
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Where Kontxtual MSPM Delivers Strategic Impact

Kontxtual MSPM addresses key security and governance challenges across your most critical environments.

Sensitive Data Discovery for Legacy Modernization
Automatically map and classify sensitive data across VSAM, Db2, IMS, and flat files.
Regulatory Audit Preparedness for Mainframes
Auto-generate defensible, audit-ready reports across access, classification, and policy enforcement.
Zero Trust Enforcement in Mainframe Environments
Apply contextual access controls based on user behavior, role, and data sensitivity.
Privileged Access Monitoring
Continuously monitor, alert, and log elevated permissions and user activity across mainframe assets.
Policy Enforcement for Sensitive Mainframe Data
Automatically apply retention, access, and residency policies using contextual metadata.
Identity Hygiene Across Legacy Infrastructure
Identify and remediate orphaned identities, overprovisioned roles, and toxic combinations.
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Extend Kontxtual MSPM with Purpose-Built Add-Ons

Enhance mainframe security outcomes by pairing MSPM with strategic add-ons that improve context, automation, and control.

On-Prem Auto Tagging
Automatically apply metadata and sensitivity labels to files within legacy systems.
Maintains consistent classification and governance across older data stores.
Network Analytic Engine
Classify sensitive data in transit across HTTP, SQL, and SMB traffic—even when mainframe-connected.
Flags policy violations during real-time transfers across legacy-linked networks.
Data-in-Motion Analysis
Tracks and classifies sensitive data in transit between mainframe systems and other platforms.
Enforces policies before data risk enters downstream systems.
Extend your protection in high-risk or hard-to-reach environments.
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Proven Impact from Global Enterprises

Leading organizations use Kontxtual MSPM to transform security and compliance on legacy systems.

Global 100 Credit Card and Payment Leader

Challenge: Fragmented tools, legacy visibility gaps, long audit cycles.

‍Result: Scanned 3,000+ databases (including mainframe) in <2 weeks; DSAR time cut from days to minutes.

Fortune 100 Investment & Insurance Company

Challenge: Data risk in non-production environments; lagging NIST compliance.

‍Result: Secured sensitive test data and improved audit posture ahead of deadline with Guardium integration.

Century-Old Fortune 500 Insurer

Challenge: Fraud risk and cost-intensive mainframe scans.

‍Result: Identified 500,000 fraudulent accounts; scanning cost cut from $4,500 to <$10 per scan.

Proof in Performance:
Industry-Leading Accuracy at Scale

When it comes to sensitive data, accuracy and scale matter. Independent testing by The Tolly Group confirms Kontxtual’s market-leading accuracy and speed in data discovery:

98.6%
98.6% Classification Accuracy
~1M
~1 Million Files Scanned Per Hour
<1%
<1% False Positives Across Formats

Advance Your Maturity in Legacy Risk Management

Most teams stall at visibility. Kontxtual MSPM moves organizations from Stage 1: Fragmented Visibility to Stage 3: Contextual Governance on the Kontxtual Maturity Map.

By integrating identity, access, and data context on mainframes, Kontxtual MSPM accelerates the shift from reactive compliance to proactive control by:

Illuminating previously unmanaged legacy environments
Enabling consistent cross-platform classification and control
Strengthening defensibility and audit-readiness at enterprise scale
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Don’t Leave Your Mainframes Behind

Your security strategy is only as strong as its weakest link. MSPM ensures mainframes aren’t an afterthought—they’re a fully governed, deeply integrated part of your enterprise DSPM architecture.Build a complete security posture with Kontxtual MSPM.
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