[PowerGraph] is Designed for [scale - cost -security]
for Regulated IBM Power 10/11
The Equitus KGNN (PowerGraph) on IBM Power 10/11 AIX is a critical enabler for Automated Security Compliance Auditing (ASCA) across regulated industries. By dramatically reducing ETL costs and providing structured, context-rich data, it enables advanced Agentic AI workflows that can autonomously monitor, interpret, and report on compliance status.
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[PowerGraph] - Channel Partner Enablement (CDW, Sycomp, TD SYNNEX)
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Industry-specific use cases, the ASCA areas addressed, and a strategy for how the solution could be sold through partners.
Industry-Specific ASCA Use Cases & Areas Addressed
| Industry | Compliance Mandates/ASCA Areas | KGNN Agentic AI Workflow (Reducing ETL Pain Points) |
| Financial Services | PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), GLBA | Automated Change Control & Evidence Generation |
| ASCA Areas: Privileged Access Management, Change Management Audit Trails, Data Lineage & Encryption. | 1. KGNN Ingestion: Auto-ingests logs from AIX/Power systems, network devices, and mainframe core banking apps. It automatically maps User $\rightarrow$ System $\rightarrow$ Configuration File $\rightarrow$ Financial Data (replacing manual data modeling). 2. Agentic AI: An "SOX Agent" continuously queries the graph, identifying all changes to critical financial systems (SOX 404 controls) and autonomously generating the evidence chain (who, when, what, why) in natural language for the auditor. | |
| Healthcare | HIPAA (HITECH), GDPR/CCPA | Real-Time ePHI Access Monitoring & Policy Drift Detection |
| ASCA Areas: Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) access logs, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) integrity, data encryption status. | 1. KGNN Ingestion: Auto-ingests EMR/EHR system logs (often running on Power/AIX), identity logs, and PowerSC security policies. The graph links Patient Record $\rightarrow$ Accessed By $\rightarrow$ Clinician Role $\rightarrow$ Compliance Status. 2. Agentic AI: A "HIPAA Agent" monitors the graph in real-time. If a non-authorized role accesses ePHI, or if a server's encryption policy drifts from the mandated profile, the Agent instantly flags the violation, generates the incident report, and can trigger automated remediation (e.g., locking the account). | |
| Government/Defense | DoD STIG, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC | Supply Chain & Endpoint Policy Attestation |
| ASCA Areas: System Hardening (STIG checks), Configuration Compliance, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), Insider Threat detection. | 1. KGNN Ingestion: Auto-ingests system configurations (AIX OS, firmware), asset inventory, and third-party vendor vulnerability feeds. The graph links Software Asset $\rightarrow$ Vulnerability $\rightarrow$ Governed By $\rightarrow$ STIG Control ID. 2. Agentic AI (NLQ): An "Attestation Agent" allows an analyst to ask a Natural Language Query (NLQ) question like: "Show me all AIX servers running critical workloads that have a medium-severity vulnerability not mitigated by a STIG control." The KGNN answers in seconds, providing the auditable, traceable relationship paths (the "why"), dramatically cutting reporting time. |
IBM Enterprise Solution (Go-to-Market Strategy)
The solution is not sold as a new graph database, but as a Compliance Automation & Risk Reduction Platform leveraging existing IBM infrastructure investment.
1. The Value Proposition Pillars
| Pillar | Sales Message to the CIO/CISO | Pain Point Addressed |
| Cost Avoidance (ETL) | "Cut Compliance Prep Time & Cost by 80%" Equitus KGNN eliminates the ongoing, costly maintenance of custom ETL pipelines and schema development required for every new audit mandate. The graph builds itself, turning CapEx/OpEx into $\text{Opex}_{\text{reduced}}$. | The recurring, non-value-add $\text{Cost}_{\text{compliance}}$ of manual data assembly and audit reporting. |
| Risk Reduction (Agentic AI) | "Automate Audit-Ready Evidence & Detect Policy Drift in Minutes." Agentic AI, powered by the structured KGNN data, provides continuous, real-time auditing and can initiate autonomous remediation, shifting compliance from reactive to proactive. | $\text{Risk}_{\text{non-compliance}}$: Huge fines, brand damage, and the threat of insider/external breaches going undetected across complex, hybrid infrastructure. |
| Leverage Investment (IBM Power) | "Maximize Your Investment in Mission-Critical Power 10/11 AIX." The solution runs natively on Power, accelerating AI inferencing using built-in Matrix Math Accelerators (MMA) without the need for additional, costly, and separate GPU infrastructure or cloud migrations. | The high $\text{TCO}_{\text{new\_tech}}$ associated with adopting new, specialized AI infrastructure that is often incompatible with the core enterprise backbone. |
2. The Channel Partner Enablement (CDW/Sycomp/TD SYNNEX)
Channel partners should be equipped to lead with the IBM Power Story first, then introduce Equitus.
CDW/TD SYNNEX (The Volume/Reach Play): Focus on the System Upgrade opportunity.
Pitch: "When upgrading to Power11 for performance and resilience, integrate Equitus KGNN to unlock immediate, enterprise-wide compliance automation, driving ROI beyond mere consolidation."
Sales Focus: Cost-per-Audit reduction and accelerated evidence generation (NLQ).
Sycomp (The Specialized Solution Play): Focus on Regulated Workloads (especially Financial/Healthcare).
Pitch: "Equitus KGNN on AIX is the only platform that provides granular, traceable AI analysis of mission-critical workloads (e.g., core banking, EMR systems) where the data must remain on-premise and highly secured."
Sales Focus: Traceability, explainability, and the ability to run AI on AIX data without data movement.
[PowerGraph]:CONTROL COST - SCALE - SECURITY
Traceability, explainability, and the ability to run AI on AIX data without data movement.
The Equitus KGNN (powerGraph) on IBM Power 10/11 AIX is a critical enabler for Automated Security Compliance Auditing (ASCA) across regulated industries. By dramatically reducing ETL costs and providing structured, context-rich data, it enables advanced Agentic AI workflows that can autonomously monitor, interpret, and report on compliance status.
Here are the industry-specific use cases, the ASCA areas addressed, and a strategy for how the solution could be sold through partners.
Industry-Specific ASCA Use Cases & Areas Addressed
| Industry | Compliance Mandates/ASCA Areas | KGNN Agentic AI Workflow (Reducing ETL Pain Points) |
| Financial Services | PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), GLBA | Automated Change Control & Evidence Generation |
| ASCA Areas: Privileged Access Management, Change Management Audit Trails, Data Lineage & Encryption. | 1. KGNN Ingestion: Auto-ingests logs from AIX/Power systems, network devices, and mainframe core banking apps. It automatically maps User $\rightarrow$ System $\rightarrow$ Configuration File $\rightarrow$ Financial Data (replacing manual data modeling). 2. Agentic AI: An "SOX Agent" continuously queries the graph, identifying all changes to critical financial systems (SOX 404 controls) and autonomously generating the evidence chain (who, when, what, why) in natural language for the auditor. | |
| Healthcare | HIPAA (HITECH), GDPR/CCPA | Real-Time ePHI Access Monitoring & Policy Drift Detection |
| ASCA Areas: Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) access logs, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) integrity, data encryption status. | 1. KGNN Ingestion: Auto-ingests EMR/EHR system logs (often running on Power/AIX), identity logs, and PowerSC security policies. The graph links Patient Record $\rightarrow$ Accessed By $\rightarrow$ Clinician Role $\rightarrow$ Compliance Status. 2. Agentic AI: A "HIPAA Agent" monitors the graph in real-time. If a non-authorized role accesses ePHI, or if a server's encryption policy drifts from the mandated profile, the Agent instantly flags the violation, generates the incident report, and can trigger automated remediation (e.g., locking the account). | |
| Government/Defense | DoD STIG, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC | Supply Chain & Endpoint Policy Attestation |
| ASCA Areas: System Hardening (STIG checks), Configuration Compliance, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), Insider Threat detection. | 1. KGNN Ingestion: Auto-ingests system configurations (AIX OS, firmware), asset inventory, and third-party vendor vulnerability feeds. The graph links Software Asset $\rightarrow$ Vulnerability $\rightarrow$ Governed By $\rightarrow$ STIG Control ID. 2. Agentic AI (NLQ): An "Attestation Agent" allows an analyst to ask a Natural Language Query (NLQ) question like: "Show me all AIX servers running critical workloads that have a medium-severity vulnerability not mitigated by a STIG control." The KGNN answers in seconds, providing the auditable, traceable relationship paths (the "why"), dramatically cutting reporting time. |
How to Sell the Solution (Go-to-Market Strategy)
The solution is not sold as a new graph database, but as a Compliance Automation & Risk Reduction Platform leveraging existing IBM infrastructure investment.
1. The Value Proposition Pillars
| Pillar | Sales Message to the CIO/CISO | Pain Point Addressed |
| Cost Avoidance (ETL) | "Cut Compliance Prep Time & Cost by 80%" Equitus KGNN eliminates the ongoing, costly maintenance of custom ETL pipelines and schema development required for every new audit mandate. The graph builds itself, turning CapEx/OpEx into $\text{Opex}_{\text{reduced}}$. | The recurring, non-value-add $\text{Cost}_{\text{compliance}}$ of manual data assembly and audit reporting. |
| Risk Reduction (Agentic AI) | "Automate Audit-Ready Evidence & Detect Policy Drift in Minutes." Agentic AI, powered by the structured KGNN data, provides continuous, real-time auditing and can initiate autonomous remediation, shifting compliance from reactive to proactive. | $\text{Risk}_{\text{non-compliance}}$: Huge fines, brand damage, and the threat of insider/external breaches going undetected across complex, hybrid infrastructure. |
| Leverage Investment (IBM Power) | "Maximize Your Investment in Mission-Critical Power 10/11 AIX." The solution runs natively on Power, accelerating AI inferencing using built-in Matrix Math Accelerators (MMA) without the need for additional, costly, and separate GPU infrastructure or cloud migrations. | The high $\text{TCO}_{\text{new\_tech}}$ associated with adopting new, specialized AI infrastructure that is often incompatible with the core enterprise backbone. |
2. PowerGraph - Channel Partner Enablement (CDW/Sycomp/TD SYNNEX)
Channel partners should be equipped to lead with the IBM Power Story first, then introduce Equitus.
CDW/TD SYNNEX (The Volume/Reach Play): Focus on the System Upgrade opportunity.
Pitch: "When upgrading to Power11 for performance and resilience, integrate Equitus KGNN to unlock immediate, enterprise-wide compliance automation, driving ROI beyond mere consolidation."
Sales Focus: Cost-per-Audit reduction and accelerated evidence generation (NLQ).
Sycomp (The Specialized Solution Play): Focus on Regulated Workloads (especially Financial/Healthcare).
Pitch: "Equitus KGNN on AIX is the only platform that provides granular, traceable AI analysis of mission-critical workloads (e.g., core banking, EMR systems) where the data must remain on-premise and highly secured."
Sales Focus: Traceability, explainability, and the ability to run AI on AIX data without data movement.
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