Well, in my experience, at least part of the article is bunk. Comments along the lines of the idea that legacy systems (written in Cobol or - horrors - assembler can't utilize modern technology like encryption? Since when? 100% of our legacy data is encrypted. None of it can be encrypted at the user workstation, regardless of how old the back end system is.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Regan Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 4:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches ComputerWorld is reporting "Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches" http://www.computerworld.com/article/3181809/government-it/cobol-plays-major-role-in-us-government-breaches.html Watch the wrap Thanks, Mark Regan -- Mark T. Regan, K8MTR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
