At 9:16 PM +0100 11/1/07, Johan Peeters wrote:
> I think this could do a great service to the community.
>
> Recently I was hired by a major financial institution as a lead
> developer. They said they needed me for some Java applications, but it
> turns out that the majority of code is in COBOL. A
On Nov 1, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Johan Peeters wrote:
sSince so much of the financial
services industry is powered by COBOL, I would have thought that
someone would have done a thorough study of COBOL's security posture.
I certainly have not found one. Anyone else?
Just a couple random(ish) observa
I think this could do a great service to the community.
Recently I was hired by a major financial institution as a lead
developer. They said they needed me for some Java applications, but it
turns out that the majority of code is in COBOL. As I have never
before been anywhere near COBOL, this come
hi sc-l,
Hugh Thompson (of "How to Break Software Security" fame) is the host of his own
show on the AT&T Tech Channel. I went up to NY for an interview which was
posted last night. I brought my son Jack and my fiddle along with me. Check
out the result:
http://techchannel.att.com/site/home
Hi there, I'd like to announce as delivery for Owasp Spring of Code
2007 project, the 0.50 release of Orizon.
Orizon is a source code review engine, built with the aim to give
developers something usable to build code review tools.
Orizon is independent from the language used to write the sources
I was thinking that there is an opportunity for us otherwise lazy
enterprisey types to do our part in order to promote secure coding in an
open source way. Small vendors tend to be filled with lots of folks that
know C, Java and .NET but may not have anyone who knows COBOL.
Minimally, they probabl
I publicly support Gunnar's assertion that folks in large enterprises
need to get together as a collective to drive secure coding practices.
If you know of others, please do not hesitate to have them connect to me
via LinkedIn (I am bad with managing contact information) and I will
most certainly