The topmost challenges faced by developers while developing FinTech applications

Business application development for financial services providers has come a long way. It has transcended the traditional boundaries to ensure data optimization, security, compliance, scalability, agility, and innovation, which are the need of the hour. On the other hand, banking, insurance, and other financial institutions want to deploy FinTech (Financial Technologies) such as cloud, IoT (Internet of Things), intelligent automation, …

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Debunking common myths of developing blockchain applications

Many developers are on the fence about pursuing a career in blockchain, which is unsurprising given the industry’s deeply ingrained misconceptions. Largely influenced by the media’s role in spotlighting scams that aren’t related to the blockchain technology itself but leverage common blockchain buzzwords – as well as the circulation of misinformation within blockchain communities in forums and on social media …

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Web applications have become a security liability

Although fundamental to the workings of many businesses, web applications have become the single greatest cybersecurity threat, research suggests. A new report from security firm F5 and The Cyentia Institute, based on a range of sources and datasets, asserts that more than half (56%) of the largest security incidents to take place in the last five years were linked with …

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Why automation is key to keeping applications secure in the cloud-native era

In the past year, we saw a surge in digital transformation that reflected the accelerated delivery of many organizations’ multiyear technology roadmaps. McKinsey claims we’ve now passed a tipping point that may have forever adjusted business operations. The use of multicloud environments and cloud-native architectures based on microservices, containers, and Kubernetes is at the heart of this transformation. While these …

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Businesses knowingly deploy vulnerable applications due to time pressures

Many businesses are being forced to deploy vulnerable applications due to time pressures and economic considerations, creating a wealth of opportunity for cybercriminals, new research has warned. According to a report from silicon design firm Synopsys based on a survey of cybersecurity and development professionals, nearly half (48 percent) of businesses knowingly push vulnerable code to production in order to …

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