Charles, I read the article, I said "what does COBOL have to do with Security"?
Scott On Saturday, September 26, 2015, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > "... the OPM is facing a huge problem with modernizing its security > measures > and tactics because of one acronym: COBOL. The programming language that > rose to prominence in the 1960s is rampant throughout the OPM and with the > advanced persistent threats federal agencies are experiencing, it's a > significant vulnerability." > > -- http://fedtechmagazine.com/OPMhack > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:;>] On > Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:11 AM > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Subject: Setting the writers right > > A recurring theme here the past couple of weeks has been the "head in the > 1960's" writing about mainframes in news stories and now soap operas. > > Seriously, would it make sense for our community to put together a > volunteer > team (under the auspices of SHARE? Or ... ?) that would maintain a watch > for > stupid mainframe media putdowns and send off a packet of > layperson-accessible education to the offending writers, editors and/or > producers? Perhaps have a Website where writers could get current facts > about the mainframe? Would IBM participate in some way? > > Any ideas? I volunteer to participate but not to lead. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] <javascript:;> with the message: > INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
