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Justifying Security Testing in QA

You outsourced your application development to save money, right? Or perhaps you achieved it to temporarily scale your development capacity to tackle an exclusive job. It makes sense for organizations to outsource development in these situations.  However, you can gamble the streamlined, highly optimized software manufacturer which you have hired to do your development is not putting security at the top of its priority list. Security is an emergent quality of an application; it is not something that you automatically include by selecting a certain technology, process, or language. Inside one application development project is a complex system made up of many technologies, platforms, configurations, and programming styles that you expect to behave the way you designed it to. If you made missteps at any point and did not properly address the security of your design, code, and configurations, then you probably have launched security vulnerabilities into your application...

7 Keys to Building Great Work Teams

Fostering teamwork is a top priority for many leaders. The benefits are clear: increased productivity, improved customer service, more flexible systems, employee empowerment. But is the vision clear? To effectively implement teams, leaders need a clear picture of the seven elements high-performance teams have in common. 1. COMMITMENT . Commitment to the purpose and values of an organization provides a clear sense of direction. Team members understand how their work fits into corporate objectives and they agree that their team's goals are achievable and aligned with corporate mission and values. Commitment is the foundation for synergy in groups. Individuals are willing to put aside personal needs for the benefit of the work team or the company. When there is a meeting of the minds on the big picture, this shared purpose provides a backdrop against which all team decisions can be viewed. Goals are developed with corporate priorities in mind. Team ground rules are set ...