I've been researching web app - mainframe security from a software
engineering perspective for about the last six months. If anyone from
a mainframe background wants to collaborate, I'd be more than happy to
share as I have a few challenges:
a) I'm working from secondary resources (web
In my experience of reviewing COBOL and mainframes in general, it's
worthwhile to evaluate doing bad things to the business logic. The
designers are literal in their translation of the business
requirements to specifications, and never think of the mis-use cases.
Mainframe coders aren't
I agree and disagree with these comments, as I think they possibly
represent an outmoded way of thinking when it comes to IT management.
Execs and senior mgmt _must_ have a certain understanding of security
that will at least give them a basis for making risk decisions. It seems
today that they
