By Dermot McGirr

Concerns outsource providers have about giving banks and other financial institutions the right to carry out security penetration testing on their systems can be allayed by institutions in a way which still enables them to meet their regulatory obligations. Institutions are required to ensure that they are able to carry out security penetration testing on outsourced service provider's systems under European Banking Authority (EBA) guidelines on outsourcing arrangements. It is one of the more challenging hurdles that institutions face when seeking to comply with the guidelines.

By Hamish Grierson

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven the case for telemedicine, but if we are to see a proactive healthcare revolution then we must put remote testing firmly in the picture. The pandemic has irreversibly transformed society as we know it - breaking down the very fabric of the way we live, work and engage with each other, catapulting us into a deep and potentially long lasting economic recession, disrupting education and dramatically changing our perceptions of healthcare and how it should be delivered.

By Timothy Chiu

One of the greatest challenges currently facing security and development teams is striking a balance between speed and security. Application security testing (AST) tools that leverage automation to produce high-quality results must continue to evolve, in order to help organisations bring these two components together.

By Tammy Xu

Quality assurance has always been an important part of the software development process, but there are many ways of integrating QA into the development lifecycle. Some companies have centralized teams of QA engineers that handle testing for all software. Other companies embed QA testers within development teams. Still others have no QA testers at all.

By Gerie Owen

For the more than one billion people in the world who have disabilities, accessible software can enhance quality of life. Some percentage of any given IT organization's customers have a permanent or temporary disability. If the software is not accessible, customers might move on to competitors' offerings.

By Drugeot

Penetration testing – or pen testing – is the practice of testing a computer system, network, or web application to find security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by an attacker. Penetration testing can either be automated with software applications or performed manually. It involves gathering information about the target before the test, identifying possible entry points, attempting to break in, and reporting back the findings.