See inside one of your Power systems.
AIXray is the assessment engine we built for this work — 60+ read-only checks across nine categories, from support-cliff exposure to patch and CVE currency to storage, errors, and hardening. A senior engineer with two decades on AIX — backed by a team with 60 years of combined AIX and IBM Power experience — runs it on one system you choose, then walks you through what's red, what's amber, and the order we'd fix it. Nothing is installed, nothing changes, nothing leaves your environment.
The complete checkup — not just security.
You choose one IBM Power, AIX, VIOS, or Linux system. We run AIXray, our read-only health check — nothing is installed, nothing changes, nothing leaves your environment — and score it by category. No free tool, and few paid ones, look at all of this together, in plain English:
- LifecycleSupport-cliff exposure — AIX, VIOS, firmware, and hardware versions against their end-of-support dates.
- Patches & CVEsPatch & vulnerability currency — how far behind you are, and your exposure to recently-disclosed CVEs.
- StorageCapacity & resilience — disk headroom, mirror and MPIO path health, and whether your backups are current and recoverable.
- ErrorsWhat's actually failing — errpt and the logs read for recurring and hardware errors degrading the box right now.
- SecurityHardening & CIS posture — SSH and cipher strength, account and root policy, against the CIS benchmark.
- ComplianceMapped to your regulator — findings tied to the NCUA/FFIEC or HIPAA controls your examiner already tests.
- A red/amber/green posture report — scored by category, rolling up to an overall picture, in plain English, specific to that machine.
- A regulator-mapped readout — your findings tied to the controls an examiner tests, so the report doubles as exam evidence.
- A full written plan for that system — what to fix, in what order, immediate / 30-day / 90-day — the same format and rigor as our paid estate Blueprint. Yours to act on with anyone, whether or not you ever hire us.
- A walkthrough of the readout — a senior engineer explains the findings — plus a straight "you're in good shape" or "we're not the right fit."
A scored posture snapshot, in plain English.
Here is a real AIXray run, on one system — an overall verdict, a pass rate, and every category scored red, amber, or green.
| Category | Result | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| A. Lifecycle & support | 3 pass · 1 warn · 0 fail | AMBER |
| B. Patch & vulnerability currency | 8 pass · 0 warn · 0 fail | GREEN |
| C. Storage & capacity | 16 pass · 0 warn · 1 fail | RED |
| D. Performance & sizing | 8 pass · 2 warn · 0 fail | AMBER |
| E. Errors & events | 7 pass · 2 warn · 0 fail | AMBER |
| F. Availability & resilience | 2 pass · 2 warn · 1 fail | RED |
| G. Security & hardening | 13 pass · 5 warn · 5 fail | RED |
| H. Config hygiene | 3 pass · 2 warn · 1 fail | RED |
| I. Monitoring & operational readiness | 2 pass · 3 warn · 0 fail | AMBER |
Real output from a sanitized AIX 7.3 LPAR. View the full sample report →
Every finding, explained
Each check with what was observed, what it means, and how to fix it — scored red, amber, or green, and rolled up by category.
Control-by-control
A DISA STIG-based control status with observed evidence and an honest automation-coverage note — plus an FFIEC view for credit unions.
One page for leadership
The score, the category bars, and the top risks in business language — the version a manager takes upstairs.
This is one system, assessed once. Now picture every system, continuously.
The free assessment is a snapshot of a single machine, and stopping there is a fine outcome — the plan is yours. If you want to go further, each next stage is a separate, plainly-priced decision, ending in PowerTrue Bulwark: the same checklist run continuously — patching, hardening, verified backups, monitoring, the monthly report — on every system, every month, by senior specialists.
1 — AIXray FREE
One system, free. Findings, a full written plan for that system, and a readout with a senior engineer.
2 — PowerTrue Blueprint
The whole estate, assessed and planned — per-system condition, sequence, and price. A low-cost engagement, 100% credited if you proceed within 90 days.
3 — Fortify or Refresh
Fix the estate in place (Fortify), or start fresh on a new environment we build and run (Refresh) — whichever the Blueprint honestly recommends.
4 — PowerTrue Bulwark
The ongoing managed service: one service level, per managed system, on a predictable subscription — so the backlog never re-forms.
You can't manage a risk no one has measured. One afternoon, one system, no cost — and "we think it's fine" becomes a written list, in severity order, that you can act on with anyone. The report you keep is also a preview of what working with us is like — everything explained, in writing, in plain English.
Tell us which system, and a little about it.
Two sentences is plenty — the platform, the one system you'd like assessed, and what prompted you to look. Prefer to talk first? Write to hello@powertruesystems.com and we'll set up a call — no form required.
A person — not an autoresponder — replies within one business day. No newsletter, no drip sequence; your details are used to arrange this assessment and nothing else.