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Defensive Programming for COBOL

Course Description

Building on the Foundations of COBOL Security course, this course explores specific defensive programming techniques and best practices for creating secure COBOL programs. The goal is to teach developer behaviors that follow the principle of defense-in-depth and help prevent COBOL programs from being the weakest link in the enterprise security chain. Techniques covered include COBOL-specific methods for input validation, secure database interactions, secure error handling, and proper resource synchronization.

Learning Objectives

Thoroughly understand the guiding principles of secure design
Apply best practice COBOL defensive programming techniques
Thoroughly understand the software security touchpoints for COBOL programs

Details

Delivery Format: eLearning

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Level: Intermediate

Intended Audience

Architects
Back-End Developers
Enterprise Developers
QA Engineers

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Introduction

Course Overview
COBOL Defensive Programming Techniques

Confidential Information Handling

Identifying Confidential Information
PII
PHI
Other Types of Sensitive Data
Sources of Information Leakage
Further Learning

Authentication and Authorization

Evidence of Authentication
Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
Authentication Best Practices
Authorization Best Practices
What to Do About 8-character Passwords
Further Learning

Secure Memory Handling

Clearing Sensitive Information from Memory
Pointers and Bounds Checking
Dynamic Memory Allocation
Further Learning

Cryptography

Cryptographic Libraries/Services
Why You Should Never Use DES or 3DES
Choosing a Key Length
Generating Keys
Securely Storing Keys
Key Rotation
Using HMACs to Verify Data Integrity
Further Learning

Common Vulnerabilities

SQL Injection
Code Injection
XML Injection
Command Injection
Truncation Errors
Log Injection
Further Learning

Time and State Issues

Race Conditions: Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU)
Race Conditions: Deadlocks
Race Conditions: Multi-Threaded Code
Further Learning

Secure Modern Integrations

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Serverless Functions
Leveraging Cloud Security Features
Architecting Resiliency for Dependency Downtime
Further Learning

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