ISO/IEC 5055:2021, titled “Information technology — Software measurement — Software quality measurement — Automated source code quality measures”, is a software quality standard. Software flaws at the technology and system level account for 8% of total errors, but consume over half the effort spent fixing problems that lead to 90% of the most serious production issues. ISO 5055 has been designed to directly measure those critical software flaws.

Earlier this month, an executive order was issued from the White House aimed at improving the cybersecurity of the United States. This much-anticipated order comes on the heels of widely publicized digital attacks, such as Colonial Pipeline and SolarWinds, which illustrate the current state of cybersecurity standards in the software industry.

Many IP and data management tools provide a project-centric view of the design process, creating what are known as design silos. While this makes some sense, as most designers tend to think of themselves as working on a project at time, and other items within the company are tracked on a project basis (such as cost, resources, and timelines), this approach is not without its drawbacks.

In an unforeseen move earlier this year, Atlassian announced that they were depreciating server products to accelerate movement to cloud products. For teams that utilize Jira Server products, the announcement started the clock on a pivotal decision. Users of Jira Server products have until February 2nd, 2024 to integrate into Jira Cloud products, or migrate into an on-prem server solution. This change has had and will continue to have a wider effect of other parts on the ecosystem of DevOps tools.

Enterprises looking to decrease downtime and optimize resources can implement server monitoring using tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

This week, we announced that Perforce acquired AI-based mobile testing provider 21 Labs to help our customers deliver quality software faster. This acquisition is our 10th overall, our second test automation acquisition in less than a year and our third overall acquisition in that same time period. This news represents a significant and strategic milestone in strengthening our end-to-end portfolio of intelligent test automation solutions.

Risk management framework helps you to set up a structured process for information security and risk management activities. Here, we explain what is the risk management framework (RMF), what are RMF controls, and how you can comply with RMF controls. Read along or jump ahead to the section that interests you the most.