Compliance management in COBOL involves implementing controls, monitoring mechanisms, and audit trails to ensure COBOL applications meet regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organizational policies. With COBOL applications often handling critical business data subject to various regulations, effective compliance management is essential for maintaining regulatory adherence and reducing risk.
Compliance management in COBOL encompasses all activities related to ensuring that applications meet regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organizational policies. This includes implementing controls, monitoring activities, maintaining audit trails, and providing evidence of compliance through documentation and reporting. Effective compliance management helps organizations avoid penalties, maintain customer trust, and ensure business continuity.
Audit trails provide a complete record of all significant events, data changes, and user actions within a COBOL application. This includes logging user access, data modifications, system events, and error conditions with timestamps, user identification, and detailed information about the changes made.
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This example demonstrates comprehensive audit trail implementation in COBOL. The program shows how to log different types of events including user login, data access, data modifications, and errors. Each audit record includes essential information like timestamps, user identification, event types, and before/after values. The audit system can be configured with different levels of detail and retention periods to meet compliance requirements.
Data integrity controls ensure that data remains accurate, consistent, and reliable throughout its lifecycle. This includes validation routines, checksums, referential integrity checks, and transaction controls to prevent data corruption and maintain data quality.
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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. *> Data integrity control structures 01 INTEGRITY-CONTROLS. 05 VALIDATION-STATUS PIC X(1). 88 VALIDATION-PASSED VALUE 'P'. 88 VALIDATION-FAILED VALUE 'F'. 05 INTEGRITY-CHECK-LEVEL PIC 9(1). 88 BASIC-CHECKS VALUE 1. 88 STANDARD-CHECKS VALUE 2. 88 COMPREHENSIVE-CHECKS VALUE 3. *> Customer data with integrity controls 01 CUSTOMER-RECORD. 05 CUSTOMER-ID PIC 9(8). 05 CUSTOMER-NAME PIC X(50). 05 CUSTOMER-SSN PIC X(11). 05 CUSTOMER-BALANCE PIC 9(10)V99. 05 CUSTOMER-CREDIT-LIMIT PIC 9(8)V99. 05 CUSTOMER-STATUS PIC X(1). 88 CUSTOMER-ACTIVE VALUE 'A'. 88 CUSTOMER-INACTIVE VALUE 'I'. 05 RECORD-CHECKSUM PIC 9(8). *> Validation results 01 VALIDATION-RESULTS. 05 ID-VALIDATION PIC X(1). 88 ID-VALID VALUE 'Y'. 88 ID-INVALID VALUE 'N'. 05 NAME-VALIDATION PIC X(1). 88 NAME-VALID VALUE 'Y'. 88 NAME-INVALID VALUE 'N'. 05 SSN-VALIDATION PIC X(1). 88 SSN-VALID VALUE 'Y'. 88 SSN-INVALID VALUE 'N'. 05 BALANCE-VALIDATION PIC X(1). 88 BALANCE-VALID VALUE 'Y'. 88 BALANCE-INVALID VALUE 'N'. PROCEDURE DIVISION. DATA-INTEGRITY-MAIN. DISPLAY 'Data Integrity Controls Demonstration' DISPLAY '====================================' *> Initialize integrity controls PERFORM INITIALIZE-INTEGRITY-CONTROLS *> Demonstrate data validation PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-DATA-VALIDATION *> Demonstrate checksum validation PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-CHECKSUM-VALIDATION *> Demonstrate referential integrity PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-REFERENTIAL-INTEGRITY STOP RUN. INITIALIZE-INTEGRITY-CONTROLS. *> Set up integrity control parameters MOVE 2 TO INTEGRITY-CHECK-LEVEL SET VALIDATION-PASSED TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Data integrity controls initialized' DISPLAY 'Check level: ' INTEGRITY-CHECK-LEVEL. DEMONSTRATE-DATA-VALIDATION. *> Demonstrate comprehensive data validation DISPLAY 'Demonstrating Data Validation:' *> Set up test data MOVE 12345678 TO CUSTOMER-ID MOVE 'John Doe' TO CUSTOMER-NAME MOVE '123-45-6789' TO CUSTOMER-SSN MOVE 5000.00 TO CUSTOMER-BALANCE MOVE 10000.00 TO CUSTOMER-CREDIT-LIMIT MOVE 'A' TO CUSTOMER-STATUS *> Perform validation checks PERFORM VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-ID PERFORM VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-NAME PERFORM VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-SSN PERFORM VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-BALANCE *> Check overall validation status IF ID-VALID AND NAME-VALID AND SSN-VALID AND BALANCE-VALID SET VALIDATION-PASSED TO TRUE DISPLAY 'All validations passed' ELSE SET VALIDATION-FAILED TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Validation failed - data integrity compromised' END-IF. VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-ID. *> Validate customer ID IF CUSTOMER-ID > 0 AND CUSTOMER-ID <= 99999999 SET ID-VALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Customer ID validation: PASSED' ELSE SET ID-INVALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Customer ID validation: FAILED' END-IF. VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-NAME. *> Validate customer name IF CUSTOMER-NAME NOT = SPACES AND CUSTOMER-NAME NOT = LOW-VALUES SET NAME-VALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Customer name validation: PASSED' ELSE SET NAME-INVALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Customer name validation: FAILED' END-IF. VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-SSN. *> Validate SSN format IF CUSTOMER-SSN(4:1) = '-' AND CUSTOMER-SSN(7:1) = '-' SET SSN-VALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'SSN validation: PASSED' ELSE SET SSN-INVALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'SSN validation: FAILED' END-IF. VALIDATE-CUSTOMER-BALANCE. *> Validate balance against credit limit IF CUSTOMER-BALANCE >= 0 AND CUSTOMER-BALANCE <= CUSTOMER-CREDIT-LIMIT SET BALANCE-VALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Balance validation: PASSED' ELSE SET BALANCE-INVALID TO TRUE DISPLAY 'Balance validation: FAILED' END-IF. DEMONSTRATE-CHECKSUM-VALIDATION. *> Demonstrate checksum validation for data integrity DISPLAY 'Demonstrating Checksum Validation:' *> Calculate checksum for the record PERFORM CALCULATE-RECORD-CHECKSUM *> Validate checksum PERFORM VALIDATE-RECORD-CHECKSUM IF VALIDATION-PASSED DISPLAY 'Checksum validation: PASSED' ELSE DISPLAY 'Checksum validation: FAILED - Data corruption detected' END-IF. CALCULATE-RECORD-CHECKSUM. *> Calculate checksum for data integrity COMPUTE RECORD-CHECKSUM = CUSTOMER-ID + FUNCTION LENGTH(CUSTOMER-NAME) + CUSTOMER-BALANCE + CUSTOMER-CREDIT-LIMIT DISPLAY 'Calculated checksum: ' RECORD-CHECKSUM. VALIDATE-RECORD-CHECKSUM. *> Validate record checksum IF RECORD-CHECKSUM > 0 SET VALIDATION-PASSED TO TRUE ELSE SET VALIDATION-FAILED TO TRUE END-IF. DEMONSTRATE-REFERENTIAL-INTEGRITY. *> Demonstrate referential integrity checks DISPLAY 'Demonstrating Referential Integrity:' *> Check if customer exists in master file PERFORM CHECK-CUSTOMER-EXISTS *> Check if customer has valid status PERFORM CHECK-CUSTOMER-STATUS DISPLAY 'Referential integrity checks completed'.
This example demonstrates comprehensive data integrity controls including data validation, checksum validation, and referential integrity checks. The program validates customer data against business rules, calculates checksums to detect data corruption, and performs referential integrity checks to ensure data consistency. These controls help maintain data quality and support compliance requirements.
Real-time compliance monitoring involves continuously monitoring system activities, user actions, and data changes to ensure ongoing adherence to compliance requirements. This includes automated compliance checks, exception reporting, and alerting mechanisms to quickly identify and address compliance violations.
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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. *> Compliance monitoring structures 01 COMPLIANCE-MONITORING-DATA. 05 MONITORING-STATUS PIC X(1). 88 MONITORING-ACTIVE VALUE 'A'. 88 MONITORING-INACTIVE VALUE 'I'. 05 COMPLIANCE-LEVEL PIC X(1). 88 COMPLIANCE-HIGH VALUE 'H'. 88 COMPLIANCE-MEDIUM VALUE 'M'. 88 COMPLIANCE-LOW VALUE 'L'. 05 MONITORING-INTERVAL PIC 9(3) VALUE 60. *> Compliance violation tracking 01 COMPLIANCE-VIOLATIONS. 05 VIOLATION-COUNT PIC 9(3) VALUE 0. 05 CRITICAL-VIOLATIONS PIC 9(3) VALUE 0. 05 WARNING-VIOLATIONS PIC 9(3) VALUE 0. 05 INFO-VIOLATIONS PIC 9(3) VALUE 0. *> User activity monitoring 01 USER-ACTIVITY-DATA. 05 CURRENT-USER PIC X(8). 05 USER-SESSION-TIME PIC 9(4). 05 USER-ACCESS-COUNT PIC 9(3). 05 USER-LAST-ACTIVITY PIC X(20). *> System compliance metrics 01 COMPLIANCE-METRICS. 05 DATA-ACCESS-COUNT PIC 9(6). 05 DATA-MODIFICATION-COUNT PIC 9(6). 05 ERROR-COUNT PIC 9(4). 05 SECURITY-VIOLATIONS PIC 9(3). PROCEDURE DIVISION. COMPLIANCE-MONITORING-MAIN. DISPLAY 'Compliance Monitoring Demonstration' DISPLAY '=================================' *> Initialize compliance monitoring PERFORM INITIALIZE-COMPLIANCE-MONITORING *> Demonstrate monitoring activities PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-USER-MONITORING PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-DATA-MONITORING PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-SECURITY-MONITORING PERFORM DEMONSTRATE-COMPLIANCE-REPORTING STOP RUN. INITIALIZE-COMPLIANCE-MONITORING. *> Set up compliance monitoring parameters SET MONITORING-ACTIVE TO TRUE MOVE 'H' TO COMPLIANCE-LEVEL MOVE 60 TO MONITORING-INTERVAL DISPLAY 'Compliance monitoring initialized' DISPLAY 'Monitoring status: ACTIVE' DISPLAY 'Compliance level: HIGH' DISPLAY 'Monitoring interval: ' MONITORING-INTERVAL ' seconds'. DEMONSTRATE-USER-MONITORING. *> Demonstrate user activity monitoring DISPLAY 'Demonstrating User Activity Monitoring:' MOVE 'USER001' TO CURRENT-USER MOVE 120 TO USER-SESSION-TIME MOVE 25 TO USER-ACCESS-COUNT ACCEPT USER-LAST-ACTIVITY FROM DATE YYYYMMDD ACCEPT USER-LAST-ACTIVITY(9:8) FROM TIME DISPLAY 'Current user: ' CURRENT-USER DISPLAY 'Session time: ' USER-SESSION-TIME ' minutes' DISPLAY 'Access count: ' USER-ACCESS-COUNT DISPLAY 'Last activity: ' USER-LAST-ACTIVITY *> Check for suspicious user activity PERFORM CHECK-USER-COMPLIANCE DISPLAY 'User monitoring completed'. CHECK-USER-COMPLIANCE. *> Check user activity for compliance violations IF USER-SESSION-TIME > 480 ADD 1 TO WARNING-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'WARNING: User session exceeds 8 hours' END-IF IF USER-ACCESS-COUNT > 100 ADD 1 TO CRITICAL-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'CRITICAL: User access count exceeds limit' END-IF. DEMONSTRATE-DATA-MONITORING. *> Demonstrate data access and modification monitoring DISPLAY 'Demonstrating Data Monitoring:' MOVE 1500 TO DATA-ACCESS-COUNT MOVE 250 TO DATA-MODIFICATION-COUNT MOVE 5 TO ERROR-COUNT DISPLAY 'Data access count: ' DATA-ACCESS-COUNT DISPLAY 'Data modification count: ' DATA-MODIFICATION-COUNT DISPLAY 'Error count: ' ERROR-COUNT *> Check data access patterns PERFORM CHECK-DATA-COMPLIANCE DISPLAY 'Data monitoring completed'. CHECK-DATA-COMPLIANCE. *> Check data access for compliance violations IF DATA-ACCESS-COUNT > 1000 ADD 1 TO WARNING-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'WARNING: High data access volume detected' END-IF IF ERROR-COUNT > 10 ADD 1 TO CRITICAL-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'CRITICAL: High error rate detected' END-IF. DEMONSTRATE-SECURITY-MONITORING. *> Demonstrate security compliance monitoring DISPLAY 'Demonstrating Security Monitoring:' MOVE 2 TO SECURITY-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'Security violations: ' SECURITY-VIOLATIONS *> Check security compliance PERFORM CHECK-SECURITY-COMPLIANCE DISPLAY 'Security monitoring completed'. CHECK-SECURITY-COMPLIANCE. *> Check security compliance violations IF SECURITY-VIOLATIONS > 0 ADD SECURITY-VIOLATIONS TO CRITICAL-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'CRITICAL: Security violations detected' END-IF. DEMONSTRATE-COMPLIANCE-REPORTING. *> Demonstrate compliance reporting DISPLAY 'Demonstrating Compliance Reporting:' DISPLAY 'Compliance Violation Summary:' DISPLAY ' Critical violations: ' CRITICAL-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY ' Warning violations: ' WARNING-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY ' Info violations: ' INFO-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY ' Total violations: ' VIOLATION-COUNT *> Generate compliance report PERFORM GENERATE-COMPLIANCE-REPORT DISPLAY 'Compliance reporting completed'. GENERATE-COMPLIANCE-REPORT. *> Generate compliance report COMPUTE VIOLATION-COUNT = CRITICAL-VIOLATIONS + WARNING-VIOLATIONS + INFO-VIOLATIONS DISPLAY 'Compliance Report Generated:' DISPLAY ' Report timestamp: ' USER-LAST-ACTIVITY DISPLAY ' Monitoring status: ACTIVE' DISPLAY ' Compliance level: HIGH' DISPLAY ' Total violations: ' VIOLATION-COUNT IF VIOLATION-COUNT = 0 DISPLAY ' Compliance status: PASSED' ELSE DISPLAY ' Compliance status: VIOLATIONS DETECTED' END-IF.
This example demonstrates real-time compliance monitoring including user activity monitoring, data access monitoring, security monitoring, and compliance reporting. The program tracks various compliance metrics, identifies violations, and generates compliance reports. The monitoring system can detect suspicious activities, excessive access patterns, and security violations to help maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.