The COVID-19 pandemic brought undeniable disruptions for organizations and their employees whether business, personal or otherwise. Across the globe, businesses and governments alike were forced to try and manage these disruptions. For nearly all organizations, digitization initiatives were accelerated in a short period of time, from implementing work-from-home policies and launching new applications to support […]
Managing Data Risk in 2021
You can’t protect your data if you don’t know where it is stored. The first thing to consider when creating a risk-based approach to data protection is the ability to identify and prioritize data, and control who has access to it. But, how do we do this? How do we prioritize data? In this TechStrong […]
3 Ways Traceability Boosts Decision-Making, Accountability
Traceability can be a key tool to allow for a streamlined process of complex decision-making New software is being developed at an incredible pace to help make our lives easier. This doesn’t change the fact that humans are still held accountable for product development decisions, whether these are made with or without advanced analysis tools. […]
What Developers Must Know About Threat Modeling
Threat modeling is a process that far few developers seem to pursue, but it is a process that helps you and your team to model all potential threats to your application. Essentially, threat modeling is your thinking through all of the potential threats against an application. Doing so is virtually as easy as putting together […]
Common Pitfalls of Software Development and Tips to Avoid Them
In business, no one wants to plan on failure. However, when it comes to software development, failure is more common than most managers want to admit. In particular, many managers and executives fear large software-based projects are especially likely to fail due to the complex nature of these projects and the nuanced reality of the […]
Continuous Testing and Business Assurance
As development moves ever faster, continuous testing can help further reduce the risk of introducing errors In IT circles, “risk management” implies information security. But in the business as a whole, risk management is a function that spans the organization. The risk that an application will negatively impact corporate image, sales or employee morale is […]
How to lower risk in agile development
The increasing complexity of application development and subsequent rise of Agile development is changing the risk appetite in many software development organizations. Unless you’ve got an application which is highly regulated or mission-critical, it’s rarely feasible or sensible to manage Quality Assurance within the zero-bug environment often associated to Waterfall. Software development teams can become […]