Malicious software or mal ware as it is sometimes called can do a lot of harm to your computer and the data that is on it. There are different types of this software and the worst kind can mean that you lose everything with no chance of data recovery. All too often malicious software isn’t […]

VPN or a virtual private network is a network for communications that usually goes through another network. This is devoted to a specific network. A common application of this is secure connections through the Internet but it may not have security features similar to content encryption or authentication. VPNs help to distinguish between the different […]

It is absolutely crucial that when a programmer is writing a program, special care be taken to make sure that it is completely secure and not prone to attack from hackers. There are a number of ways to protect your system from attacks. The physical security of the device which needs protection is to be […]

An intrusion detection system would check all outbound and inbound activity and identify any suspicious move that indicates an attack on the systems from outside which threats a breaking into the system.
IDS can be categorized in the following ways.
The detection of anomaly or misuse: The IDS gathers some information and compares it to large databases. […]

Training in quality assurance and quality control usually covers all of the research and development stages of a project from requirement definition (what a company think the public wants in software) and coding to testing the finished product. Most companies who offer such training courses work according to International Quality Standards, which means that companies […]

Automatic tools are used to replace the manual software systems testing and involve detailed testing, often taken from the design documentation of the software. There are a number of different tools, all concerned with particular aspects of the testing process. These are:
• Functional – testing the general workings of the system and ensuring that all […]

Software systems need to be tested to ensure that the product and all of its features are functioning as they should. Most software testing teams work on products known as test cases to see how accurate the system is – the whole process has to be tightly monitored because if the testing itself has irregularities […]

Quality assurance actually comes before quality control. This is because quality assurance is the development of the processes of quality control, i.e. quality assurance determines just exactly what needs to be done in order to control the quality of a product before it is released. The processes are usually carried out in accordance with management […]

Many people use the terms quality control and quality assurance as if they were the same thing, but they are in effect, two different processes. This article will deal with quality control.
Checking software
Quality control actually involves the checking of software and related products before they go out to the client. This is the process that […]

If newly developed software is to meet industry requirements and the needs of the public then there need to be clearly defined software systems testing methods. Companies who do not outsource their quality control and testing procedures to an independent company are demanding that incoming testing staff are professionally trained in systems testing.
Many testers without […]