Chapter 19. Other Systems
Solutions in this chapter:
▪ Mainframes and Legacy Systems
▪ UML
▪ Code Reviews and Testing Third-Party Software
▪ Encryption
Summary
Introduction
In this chapter we will look at a number of other audit and compliance issues that are commonly avoided. Many systems, including legacy applications and mainframes, are either placed in the “too hard” basket or ignored for fear of failure if the audit causes them to crash.
In many cases, embedded systems are not checked due to an unfounded belief that these are, in effect, an appliance with no software-based controls. This could not be further from the truth.
Mainframes and Legacy Systems
In many ways, auditing mainframe and other legacy systems is far simpler than auditing modern client/server ...
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