As organizations increasingly rely on APIs to streamline their operations and drive innovation, the need to securely authenticate across these critical communication channels is more important and complex than ever. The Corsha State of API Secrets Report 2023 highlights the need for better tools, technologies, and tradecraft around API secrets ...
The conventional wisdom in security, and mobile app protection in particular, was that consumers care about features, not security. At mobile brands across the globe, a healthy internal debate exists over this dichotomy. Mobile developers say features are more important. Cyber security teams say security is more important. Operations teams serve as the tie breaker, often choosing whatever will get the app out the door the fastest ...
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the technological landscape. Its application in several facets of software development continues to grow. One of the areas of software development where the adoption of AI can advance is software testing ...
As the software industry continues to evolve, developers and testers need to stay ahead of the curve by keeping up with the latest DevOps trends and practices. This blog will explore the top DevOps-related trends, practices, and key takeaways we collected from hundreds of industry experts across the globe and published in the 2023 State of Testing report ...
When developing software, you want the application to be as ready as possible before exposing it to the real world. In production, the software needs to be able to deal with many different scenarios, which we can prepare for using a virtual test environment that mimics the actual system ...
Service virtualization (SV) is a method that DevOps teams use to simulate components of an app's behavior. Components are APIs, databases, networks, devices, and more ... Using SV saves time, money, headache, and frustration ...
A developer experience (DevEx) gap is delaying application deployment, according to a new survey of over 500 platform teams and application developers at enterprises ...
In mid 2022, the Open Source Software Security Foundation (OpenSSF) launched a 10-point plan to promote and improve the security of open source software. Here are their observations in combination with our own ...
Open source isn't a strategy, it's a philosophy of collaboration. It's the fabric of millions of commercial projects in industries like FinTech, IT and AI. But there's something curious about open source — it makes up the majority of codebases, so surely the packages have hundreds of eyes keeping watch on their security posture? Unfortunately not ...
To understand the ever-changing testing landscape, we surveyed hundreds of DevOps professionals for our fourth annual 2023 State of Test Automation report. This year's report sought to uncover the top testing trends, developer challenges, and priorities for the future. Here are the top four insights and takeaways ...
It's important to have a different perspective and a fresh set of eyes on an application before it is officially released. This is where beta testing comes in. In this blog I'll explain what beta testing is and the value it brings to software ...
Burnout is too common in the development space. It's affected the teams that I've managed, my colleagues and even me at certain points in my career. And unfortunately, I'm not alone: More than 80% of developers are suffering from burnout ...
An increased demand for highly skilled developers is creating a talent gap within the software industry. Automation can help solve the developer gap across the board ...
The digital world moves incredibly fast. Embracing APIs as a key strategy for optimizing internal software development was big news not too long ago. Now, it's all about external-facing APIs and the quest for monetization ...
"Shift left" is a worthwhile concept. It has encouraged organizations to think more proactively about software development. But, in practice, it has a few bugs of its own that still have to be worked out ...
