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Code complexity analysis: How to keep it simple and secure
Complex code is certainly harder to maintain, with security flaws more likely to creep in as the software evolves. But does this mean that we should avoid writing complex programs? News | 09 Sep 2010
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Usenix and event processing security
How do you balance the needs of high-speed event processing and information security? News | 06 Jul 2010
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Trends 2008: Outsourcing, agile development
Outsourcing and the spread of agile software development will affect many in IT in 2008, including those working on service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementations. In light of that, software testers and requirements engineers will need to find t... News | 28 Dec 2007
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SOA prompts changes in quality assurance
The use of service-oriented architecture (SOA) means QA engineers and testers must include integration, regression, business process, performance and security testing in their test plans. More than that, they need to focus on quality throughout the b... News | 30 Oct 2007
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Top 10 issues with mashups
The good news is that "mashups have offered the potential to finally make widespread software reuse a reality, enable SOA initiatives to achieve positive ROI, and radically drive down the cost of application development while satisfying large applica... News | 17 Oct 2007
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SOA, Web services create software security challenges
Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services and Web 2.0 technologies increase the attack surface of applications, creating new challenges for software testers and developers. Unlike legacy mainframe and client/server applications, which had a l... News | 13 Sep 2007
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SecureCloud via SaaS
Trend Micro Inc., a vendor of network antivirus and content security software and services, has announced immediate availability of SecureCloud, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security platform for small, medium, and enterprise businesses. The hosted... News | 14 Aug 2007
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AmberPoint offers SOA visibility
AmberPoint Inc. has transitioned from supplying Web services management products early in this decade to providing visibility, management and security software for service-oriented architecture (SOA), writes Simon Holloway, senior analyst, Bloor Rese... News | 13 Aug 2007
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Talking SOA appliances
The emergence of SOA appliances and the BPEL4People specification are covered in a podcast panel discussion hosted by analyst Dana Gardner. SOA and appliances dovetail, he notes, "because the very concept of an appliance is something that's loosely c... News | 13 Aug 2007
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Using JSON for Ajax security
Douglas Crockford, creator of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), advocates using it to improve the security of Ajax applications, but he cautioned that developers have to be careful using it. While Crockford calls JSON the best data format for making... News | 07 Aug 2007