• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

This course covers the most common security issues that affect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of COBOL programs on mainframes. These include SQL injection, command injection, integer overflow, weak cryptography, unencrypted communications and race conditions.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills to identify common security issues and threats to mainframe COBOL applications and data.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Software Development

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.