In this whitepaper we describe the various CSP security offerings and provide a framework for data protection with a set of strategic selection criteria. In relation to the “Big Three” CSPs-Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure-we make an attempt to objectively reflect on what their data security services entail, based ...
It’s no surprise that nearly every business today faces exponential data growth, with huge volumes of information in diverse formats spread across numerous repositories. The abundance and diversity of this information creates a number of different challenges related to budgets, security, and application performance. Industry and government regulations continue to escalate, requiring diligent compliance practices ...
As IT workloads move to the cloud, organizations face a fundamental shift in how to develop and deliver systems and in their security practices. Deploying and running production systems has become abstracted from the underlying hardware and network. Infrastructure is defined through code, and operations work through cloud service APIs. Security has moved away from ...
In the past 10 years, software went from being a support function of business to an innovation center, becoming the essential competitive differentiator for most businesses in every vertical and size. With business needs in the driver’s seat, applications are proliferating via websites, social media platforms, mobile and cloud applications. Furthermore, some applications are driven ...
As Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) technologies mature, users have a range of solution choices. The question that inevitably arises is “What makes for an effective ALM solution?” Members of IT Central Station weigh in on this issue, based on their experiences with Micro Focus ALM/Quality Center. In their view, drivers of success in ALM include ...
One of the best ways to focus an organization on software quality is to implement a software quality CoE. However, CoE stakeholders and especially C-level executives must be consistent and coherent in their support of software quality, particularly because of competing priorities including customer demands, timelines, and development costs. The CoE provides a framework that ...
Much was already in need of change in the world of IT service management (ITSM) before the start of 2020. Then, as the COVID-19 crisis turned the world on its head, the need to quickly evolve your organization’s ITSM capabilities became imperative. From the need to support remote workers to the acceleration of slow-moving digital ...
There is an ongoing shift where modern development is more dynamic than ever, with increased velocity and complexity. In any annual trend list, there should be few surprises. Most trends are a continuation of what was important just a month or year ago, after all! Fortify has a holistic AppSec vision that is based on ...
In most organizations, application security is isolated to a specific team involved in the final stages of development and is perceived as an inhibitor of speed. Seamless Application Security is about making application security an integral part of the software lifecycle without creating additional burden for the stakeholders. Whether it’s taking a DevSecOps approach or ...
The drive for DevOps and the race to innovate are inseparable. IT organizations are experiencing a new reality. Speed and quality are no longer mutually exclusive. Both are essential for your business to remain competitive. Being competitive demands that businesses respond to change by adapting rapidly and cost-efficiently. This increase in business agility has, in ...