Indeed, as digital services are increasing rapidly, it is vital to secure and protect all digital environments from cyberattacks. The company is currently offering detection and response in its security operations centers.

It will then be using a cloud-based solution to reduce latency and limitations that often come with more complex perimeter-based security solutions.

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In 2020, the world suddenly stopped. Everything became harder and the IT industry suffered as much as any. Yet, as we are slowly coming out of this difficult time, the requirement for staff has never been greater… But we have found the perfect solution for you.

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8chan, also known as Infinitechan, was left with no cloud protection services, making it vulnerable to an array of cyber-attacks that had the potential to shut down the entire site.

The gunman of the recent El Paso attack used the webpage to go on an alleged white nationalist rant before storming a Walmart and killing 22 people.

Support from other places

However, US-based firm, BitMigate (who were recently acquired by Epik.com), said they wanted to give cloud protection to 8chan and provide them with, “Bulletproof DDoS protection with a proven commitment to liberty.”

In 2017, BitMitgate also chose to deliver security to the neo-Nazi site, the Daily Stormer, after Cloudflare also stopped defense to its website.

In choosing to remove safeguarding from Infinitechan, the chief executive of Cloudflare Matthew Prince commented on Sunday, “Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit.”

8chan is currently down

Epik.com relies heavily on cloud infrastructure company, Voxility. After hearing that the BitMigate parent company had chosen to takeover 8chan, Voxility quickly cut off Epik.com, leaving 8chan unable to run.

However, despite the lack of support, the online forum is still fighting to find companies that will provide cloud support for it. Something which Alex Stemos, former chief security officer at Facebook and Professor at Stanford University’s Centre for International Security and Cooperation, is skeptical about.

He told the British newspaper, The Guardian: “We will see if they find someone else willing to host them before they get kicked off again… In the long run, there are a number of web hosts in Russia that charge a lot of money to host content that nobody else wants to host – that means 8chan would ultimately be much slower and much less effective.”

The impact of tech on the world

The move from cloud providers to cut ties with websites that associate with extremist right-wing viewpoints is reflecting on the higher level of responsibilities that tech companies are having on world politics and everyday occurrences in general.

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NEWS

DOES AI REPLACE OR ASSIST?

To find out what effect AI has on tech-savvy individuals, Test Magazine reporter, Leah Alger, receives vitalizing views from an array of software testers.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

THE RACE AGAINST TIME: GDPR AND ITS IMPACT ON TEST MANAGEMENT

Santhosh CV, practice manager, Quality Engineering and Transformation (QET), Nordics , TCS, explores why GDPR is an important piece of EU law making which will have a major impact on the software testing world.

RISK MANAGEMENT: IS YOUR SOFTWARE PROTECTED?

Nadine du Toit, Head of Managed and Professional Services at DVT Global Testing Solutions, argues that software risk management is vital and that traditional insurance morphs into a different paradigm when applied to software.

APPIUM AND MOBILE TEST AUTOMATION: 3 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN GETTING STARTED

With all the industry buzz around Appium, what do enterprise mobility teams need to consider when getting started using this test automation framework? Dan McFall, President of Mobile Labs reveals the top three areas that mobility professionals must consider to be Appium ready.

TEST AUTOMATION: THE RIGHT WAY IS UP

DevOps is driving the adoption of wider test automation, argues Jonny Fletcher, Test Architect, ROQ.

SUPPLIER PROFILE

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION REQUIRES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO QUALITY AND FOCUS ON USER EXPERIENCE

Yoav Ziv, Amdocs Head of Testing, perhaps more than most, knows about the importance of software quality. A 20+ year veteran of the telecom business, Yoav now leads the team that helps guide Amdocs’ customers through the challenges of adapting quality processes to the demands of the digital age.

TEST AUTOMATION

MACHINE LEARNING AND SOFTWARE TESTING: PARALLEL LINES OR DESINED TO MEET?

Assaf Dudai, Head of Content at BrightInfo, highlights how software testing can benefit from machine learning.

ERPS AND AUTOMATION TEST DATA

Automating an ERP product has a profound impact on the automation architecture. In his experience, Ali Khalid, Automation Lead at Asset Works, says one of the most challenging aspects is test data. The highly complex and integrated business logic of ERPs coupled with configurable workflows makes ERP’s test data very difficult to manage. Here, Khalid explains different methods of handling test data, some of which would work well for less complex applications.

EXPLORATORY TESTING

EXPLORATORY, AGILE AND AUTOMATED: THE TESTERS CHALLENGE

Exploratory testing has been around since 1984. But how does it fit into today’s world of software development? Is it an alternative to agile testing? Or does it complement it? Where does automation fit in? Mark Thomas, CEO and experienced developer of Coderus, gives us his thoughts.

FINANCE

PROTECTING AND CONNECTING THE MONEY

Andrew Holt looks at the important relationship between software testing and financial services companies .

IT ACADEMY 

PART OF THE ACADEMY

Being a test professional means having to be creative, distil fact from fiction, articulate impacts and analyse patterns. In an attempt to focus and expand on these qualities, Mark Galvin, Systems Assurance Manager, developed and created the University of Cambridge IT Academy. He shares his thinking and the benefits for the industry here.

CROWD TESTING

TESTING: THE KEY TO AGILE SUCCESS

Dean Vittum, Senior Technical Sales Engineer at Applause, argues that a commitment to agile is an investment worth the effort

SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE (NORTH)

Two years ago we launched the ‘Northern’ conference in the beautiful city of York to help those within the community that were located further afield, and what a success it has been.

Our main aim throughout through conference is to bring together the software testing and QA community and as such professionals that recognise the crucial importance of quality within the software development lifecycle will attend this wonderful event

In the magazine you will find a welcome programme, a list of sponsors and speakers, and the floor plan of the conference.

20 TESTING PROVIDERS

Following on from previous years, the 20 Leading Testing Providers 2017 guide outlining different, selected software testing and quality assurance products and services was published in the September 2017 issue. The software testing landscape changes rapidly and we find that an annual update on the marketplace is a good starting place as you consider purchase decisions going forward.

ABOUT TEST MAGAZINE

TEST Magazine was specifically created as a voice for the modern-day software testing and quality assurance professional. Launched in 2008 and distributed to an audience over 14,000, the publication provides news, features and practical, as well as professional advice on all facets of software testing. TEST Magazine is widely regarded as the leading journal for software testing and quality assurance in Europe and beyond.

WANT TO WRITE FOR TEST MAGAZINE?

Get in touch by emailing TEST Magazine Reporter, leah.alger@31media.co.uk, or editor@31media.co.uk.

Written by Leah Alger

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The scheme that will be launched in 2018 will use human journalists with the Press Association (PA) News Agency, and will be funded £622,000 for the project, according to the BBC.

To automate reports about crime, health and employment, five people will use official open data sources.

The PA announced that Reporters and Data and Robots (Radar) would benefit “established media outlets”, independent publishers and local bloggers.

‘Cost effective ways to produce local stories’

“Skilled human journalists will still be vital in the process, but Radar allows us to harness artificial intelligence to scale up to a volume of local stories that would be impossible to provide manually,” said PA Editor, Pete Clifton.

University of London and the University of Munich’s Neil Thurman argued: “You can’t really cover local government through automation because it’s a lot about investigation, politics, personal relationships, who has said what to whom and so forth—it’s difficult to get that information in data feed form.”

Thurman also noted that he finds it difficult to see how automation is going to help provide additional coverage of local magistrates courts and crown courts.

Written by Leah Alger

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The awards ceremony will take place 18 October.

Meet Keith Watson – our judge from ADP UK

Keith Watson, Director of DevOps at ADP UK, will be one of this year’s judges at the upcoming award ceremony. He will be looking for “good write ups that highlight the differences between Dev and Ops that need to be addressed, and how each organisation has bridged that cultural divide.”

“I enjoy hearing about other people’s journeys in DevOps. It’s always exciting to see how each company approaches DevOps because you can learn so much yourself from each award submission,” says Watson in response to being asked why he chose to become a judge.

When discussing ADP UK’s DevOps journey, Watson said, “We definitely have a lot further to go. Each team has made a lot of progress in different parts of the company. What we want to do is understand and replicate that progress on each product. We understand the benefits of moving towards continuous delivery and the need for an integrated approach in the deployment pipeline. We’ve implemented some of the cool tools and DevOps techniques, but we want to make that consistent across different products. We also want to make sure that it affects the whole of the deployment and release process rather than just parts of the pipeline.”

12 exciting categories to enter

You will be able to enter 12 different categories at the DevOps Industry Awards 2017, ranging from Best DevOps Automation Project to DevOps Team of the Year.

If you work in a specific sector, then there are also categories reflecting the Best Overall DevOps Project in Finance, Retail, Gaming, Public Sector or Communication.

The DevOps Industry Awards are here to stay

Being launched this year, entries for the DevOps Industry Awards, which celebrates companies, individuals and teams who have accomplished significant achievements in the DevOps space, open on 1 March 2017.

As a judge at this year’s DevOps Industry Awards, Watson firmly believes in the need for collaboration, as “there’s often a heavy emphasis in DevOps on the use of tools, but actually DevOps is also about collaboration across departments and cultures, including different geographies and time zones.

Entries need to be submitted by the 14^th of July 2017, and the winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner on Wednesday 18 October 2017.

Press release written by Jordan Platt.

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