Software Easy Quality Advanced http://www.easy-qa.com easy - quality - advanced Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 DE-Edition en Malicious Software http://www.easy-qa.com/malicious-software.html http://www.easy-qa.com/malicious-software.html#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:59:11 +0000 admin http://www.easy-qa.com/malicious-software.html 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 discovered until the damage has already been done, by which time it is too late to save your computer and recover your data.

Once this software has infiltrated your computer it continues to drop in viruses, mal ware viruses and worms spread very quickly and the only way to prevent them from infecting your computer is with an anti virus program. Some malicious software carries Trojans and these are not all that easy to identify. They are often hidden in free downloads such as computer wallpaper. Once you download the wallpaper you download the Trojan with it. This can make way for hackers to get into your computer and steal your personal data, or people whose sole intent is to install another virus which will destroy your computer. When this happens then data recovery is almost certainly not going to happen unless you have the data stored at a data center.

If you want to protect your computer from malicious software then you need a good antivirus program and firewalls. Together they should be able to protect your computer from almost everything that is out there.

]]> http://www.easy-qa.com/malicious-software.html/feed/ Virtual Private network - a safe network for hassle free communications http://www.easy-qa.com/virtual-private-network-a-safe-network-for-hassle-free-communications.html http://www.easy-qa.com/virtual-private-network-a-safe-network-for-hassle-free-communications.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:22:45 +0000 admin http://easy.on-topic.com/virtual-private-network-a-safe-network-for-hassle-free-communications.html 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 user community traffic on a network, with strong distinguishable features.

VPN has the best performance or a proper SLA, an agreement at the service level between the service provider and the customer of VPN. Generally, VPN is more complex. The main characteristic of VPNs is not performance or security but it provides certain functions which is useful to a user community.
When VPNs are circulated in small offices, homes and telecommuters, this would make data accessible and not well protected like other traditional facilities. VPNs should be designed under security policies that are thought out well.

Some organizations that carry very sensitive data like in the health care organizations would arrange for an employee’s residence to for two separate WAN. One is where he keeps the sensitive data of the organization while the other is for personal use. The organizations that use this type of network develop the security rule clear and precise, and these rules are supported by the higher management. When this goes beyond the office facilities, there are perhaps no administrators but the security is maintained very transparently.

]]> http://www.easy-qa.com/virtual-private-network-a-safe-network-for-hassle-free-communications.html/feed/ Secure Programming - the need of the hour http://www.easy-qa.com/secure-programming-the-need-of-the-hour.html http://www.easy-qa.com/secure-programming-the-need-of-the-hour.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:59:47 +0000 admin http://easy.on-topic.com/secure-programming-the-need-of-the-hour.html 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 ensured by restricting access to the device to only authorized personnel. Off-site access can be prevented by the use of unencrypted connections. Firewalls are also effective in this regard. Programs that are secure algorithmically are usually not under threat from such attacks.

Security becomes a concern in two areas in particular: compromises and service denial attacks. Compromises can be categorized into local compromises in which a user on the machine while logged in triggers the attack and remote compromises where a remote machine, either a part of the network or not, triggers it.

Service denial attacks take place when your offered services are made unavailable by the attacker. This can be done by making your web server crash or by using bogus requests to cause your network connection to saturate. A compromise takes place when access to your machine(s) is gained by an unauthorized person. If the attacker can gain access as a privileged user, they can do whatever they wish like copying important data or deleting your files or even attacking other machines using yours as a platform.

]]> http://www.easy-qa.com/secure-programming-the-need-of-the-hour.html/feed/ Intrusion Detection Systems - information on IDS and firewalls http://www.easy-qa.com/intrusion-detection-systems-information-on-ids-and-firewalls.html http://www.easy-qa.com/intrusion-detection-systems-information-on-ids-and-firewalls.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:52:42 +0000 admin http://easy.on-topic.com/intrusion-detection-systems-information-on-ids-and-firewalls.html 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. Software for misuse detection is used and the system administrator defines the packet size, the protocols, the traffic load and other things. The software for anomaly detection is also used to look for anomalies.

Another intrusion detection system is the network based system or host based system. This is also called NIDS which can detect packets that are malicious and which are designed to pass through firewalls simple filters.

Passive system is also known as the reactive system and the IDS find out a security breach, and sends off an alert. The IDS would respond to any activity that is suspicious by making an user log off or by blocking traffic on the network from the malicious source, or by reprogramming.

An IDS is different from a firewall although they both are concerned with network security. A firewall would search for intrusions in order that they do not happen any more. The firewall would check the intrusions between networks. It does apprehend an attack from within the network. IDS would look into an intrusion after it has taken place and raises an alarm. It also looks out for any alarm from within the system.

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Quality assurance is the development of the processes that will be used in quality control; this should include the concept of the project and the stages that are envisioned to come up with a finished product that has been tried and tested before being released to the public. Quality assurance training includes building quality plans and SQA documentation. Quality assurance training also involves the work procedure for the development and testing of the project, testing the finished product to assess whether it meets the design brief and if not, why not as well as the need to comply with local as well as international quality standards.

Company staff are trained in quality control and the use of automated tools for more efficient, reliable and cost effective systems testing. Training also involves the development of a designated quality assurance and quality control department.

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• Functional – testing the general workings of the system and ensuring that all the features and functions are working as intended.
• Tracking and management tools are used to check that the way the system operates has not changed
• Load and performance tools check the capacities of the system and its operational make up and identify situations where there might be a need for software upgrades.
• Code checking, which may involve introducing errors into the system to assess effects on the system
• Utilities

Optimize and reduce development

Automatic tools optimize testing time and can help to reduce product development time, an important factor with the rate at which new software systems now come onto the market. Having a process that expedites the finished product can help to put a company ahead of their competitors. Automatic testing is more reliable because it reduces the effect of human error on the system and you can repeat the testing to test the robustness of the system over time. Automatic tools are the best way of testing software because you can run more tests in less time and with fewer resources, which means they are also cost effective.

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]]> http://www.easy-qa.com/automatic-tools.html/feed/ Testing Software Systems http://www.easy-qa.com/testing-software-systems.html http://www.easy-qa.com/testing-software-systems.html#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:05:37 +0000 admin http://easy.on-topic.com/?p=12 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 then products could go out and the problems remain undetected for some time. Problematic software can interfere with the files and records on the computer where it is in use.

Different tests are used to assess whether the software system is functioning as it should and within the overall tests different system aspects are checked, e.g. system documentation, string testing and program testing etc. Program testing involves checking that the program is working as it should because this is the heart of the software system. If the program code is wrong then other parts of the system will not work as they should.

String testing is concerned with the individual aspects of the programs to make sure that all the programs are working together properly. System testing is a means of discovering whether there are any bugs in the system that were not picked up on earlier in the production process. Testing is an important part of the process in the development of the end product software and many companies will outsource testing to a designated testing company.

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]]> http://www.easy-qa.com/testing-software-systems.html/feed/ Quality Assurance http://www.easy-qa.com/quality-assurance.html http://www.easy-qa.com/quality-assurance.html#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:05:05 +0000 admin http://easy.on-topic.com/?p=11 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 or Government guidelines and quality assurance reports are more likely to be undertaken by management or high level staff.

Quality assurance should be able to determine whether the quality control processes that are put in place are working as they should, a good quality assurance system will also have reporting features so that management can determine what, if anything might need changing. Quality assurance software should be customizable if it is going to develop quality control processes for different products.

Quality assurance and quality control are two different things, continuous quality control checks can ensure the success and reliability of software, however, quality assurance which is the process that governs quality control, may not necessarily be correct – quality control processes can take more time and cost more money than quality assurance processes had predicted. Both processes are essential to the proper development and testing of a product but they should not be confused with each other.

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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 determines whether the product is fit to go out to be used, it is the final part of the manufacturing process. Quality control is where any faults in a product should be picked up before it is released. These tasks are tied up with ensuring that the product is safe for use and does what it says it does. Quality control is something that should occur at the end of the development of any product that is released to the public.

Quality control uses its own software to perform tests and electronic tests on a product. It should also have reporting features so that the user can establish whether there is a problem with a product and where the fault lies. Quality control tests may include keeping track of electronic files associated with the quality control tasks, it can also deal with routing forms and dealing with customer documentation – especially complaints regarding a product that has already been released.

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]]> http://www.easy-qa.com/quality-control-software.html/feed/ Software Testing Requirements http://www.easy-qa.com/software-testing-requirements.html http://www.easy-qa.com/software-testing-requirements.html#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:52:59 +0000 admin http://easy.on-topic.com/?p=9 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 professional training can undertake the three to five most important tasks in systems testing but cannot necessarily define where there are bugs in the system. Even non-professionals who can find the bugs may not know the best way to deal with them and this means extra work for the product’s developers.

Professionally trained software systems testers on the other hand can undertake ten to twenty different testing tasks, including boundary value analysis and diagrams of cause/effect which means they can usually not only identify bugs but find the best ways of dealing with them. Professional testing staff should be able to work alongside research and development departments for better quality control from the start until the final product release. In addition to this testers should be able to understand how different industries operate and develop customized software. This is a cost effective way of developing new products because the company knows that they are going to sell to a specific market.

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