One of the major problems in any organization is the oldest code hasn’t been tested against more newly discovered bugs. VB6, classic ASP, and even COBOL can be vulnerable to more modern flaws like SQL injection. As "Charles" writes on stack overflow,
 
“Non-parameterized dynamic statements are what you need to worry about…for example,
 
STRING "INSERT INTO TBL (a,b,c) VALUES (" X ", "Y ", "Z ")" INTO WSQLSTMT.
 
EXEC SQL PREPARE MYSTMT FROM :WSQLSTMT END-EXEC.
 
EXEC SQL EXECUTE MYSTMT END-EXEC. ”
 

Testing mainframe applications, such as CICS screens, for usability is significantly different than testing a web or windows application. CICS applications excel in data entry environments in which a mouse is seldom used, such as use within a call center, and testing should keep this benefit and intended application in mind.
 
One list of test cases for CICS, posted on techtarget, focuses on a few key categories of errors:
 
1) Text, text-placement, and omission errors. This includes labels that do not appear, labels that appear in the wrong place, and labels th

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