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Software Quality: A Pillar of NIS2 Compliance and Resilience

In 2024, cyberattacks surged by 16%, with ransomware posing the most immediate threat to critical infrastructure. Another report by Forescout Research – Vedere Labs highlighted that between January 2023 and January 2024, the world’s critical infrastructure had been attacked more than 420 million times, with attacks ranging in magnitude, indicating a 30% increase from 2022.

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Rethinking Application Security Maturity: The Critical Role of API Security

SQ, Thodoris Chronis / c4t

In the digital age, where application architectures are increasingly reliant on APIs, it’s essential that organizations adopt a robust approach to application security that addresses the unique challenges posed by API integration. As we shift towards microservices and cloud-native technologies, APIs are not just facilitators of connectivity; they represent critical attack surfaces that must be protected with an advanced security strategy.

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Gear Up for DORA: Prioritizing Application Security in the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act

SQ / c4t

Cybersecurity isn’t just a concern anymore – it’s a major economic threat. Financial institutions within the European Union (EU) are prime targets, experiencing relentless attempts to compromise their systems.

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Application Security Testing: The SAST vs. DAST Crash Test

Alex, SQ / c4t

The digitization of business processes has turned applications into the lifeblood of businesses, driving innovation and enabling seamless interactions with customers and partners. We wouldn’t exaggerate if we say modern companies have transformed into software entities.

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Securing the Foundations: How Source Code Maintainability Empowers DevSecOps

Alex, SQ / c4t

In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development, the significance of software security has escalated, particularly in critical infrastructure sectors like manufacturing, transport, and financial services, where regulatory compliance is stringent.

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Choosing the Right Path: Internal vs Third-Party Enterprise Architecture Mapping

ARTEMIS, SQ / c4t

In an era where digital transformation projects are reshaping the corporate landscape, aligning IT infrastructure with business goals has become more crucial than ever.

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Is Measuring Developer’s Performance Feasible & Objective? A Thoughtful Brainstorming!

ARTEMIS, SQ / c4t

When discussing with people from management to developers, the same questions come up all the time but with different words from different perspectives: “Does my software development team perform well?”

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Mobile App Security: A Deep Dive into Resilience & Credential Management

Iason, SQ / c4t

In the ever-evolving digital landscape where mobile phones become more and more integral to our daily lives and where their traffic accounts to 59% of the total web traffic worldwide, the need to ensure the security of mobile applications and their users has never been more crucial.

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The Evolution of Software Maintainability

SQ, VIEWS AND STUDIES, Yiannis Kannelopoulos / c4t

A phenomenon that typically most of the organizations (according to our experience) tend to neglect is that in the fast-paced world of technology, software maintainability remains a critical factor in determining the success and sustainability of digital systems.

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Unwrapping JCrete 2023 Unconference

SQ, Stella / c4t

JCrete Unconference is a world-class event and takes place every year around July in Kolymvari (Chania, Crete) since 2010.

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