TIPs to Managing ALM With our expansion into Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), we’ve talked about different issues dealing with the SDLC portion. That is only a portion of the larger picture that is ALM. Not only does it deal with the initial development stages, it also extends to the operational and governance stages to cover
Common Problems during SDLC In recent times Application Development has become a crucial point of focus for security matters. This is an issue that arises for a multitude of reasons but two stand out issues are mistakes and problems during the SDLC. Mistakes are caused by human error as after all Developers ARE human and
The current trend with Software Development is to go through the stages of the Development Life Cycle and then only once everything is complete is a security audit performed. This as touched on in the previous blog “Reducing your costs during the SDLC” is a much more costly approach. This is where the concept of
We’ve delved into the realm of Enterprise Risk Management in previous blogs, and now its time to take a look at a subset of ERM: IT Risk Management (ITRM). The publication Risk IT by ISACA notes that ITRM covers both the negative impacts and benefits to operations/service delivery by missing the chance to utilize technology
This week we will tackle the subject of Enterprise Risk Management or simply put ERM and what benefits it brings to the organization. The overall topic can be hard to define, and that is why in 2004 the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) decided it was necessary to create a formal definition. Thus ERM was