> “COBOL doesn’t present any security problems because it doesn’t really talk to any resources,” Malik said. “It just says ‘read’ or ‘write.’” Well, in a world

> “COBOL doesn’t present any security problems because it doesn’t really talk to any resources,” Malik said. “It just says ‘read’ or ‘write.’” Well, in a world where "talking to resources" is most of what we want software to do, that doesn't sound great, frankly. You can see how that would cause problems with people who are trying to use a website to interface with an unemployment system written in COBOL, which is the example the article leads off with.