The global financial services industry is undergoing a seismic shift and not enough people are truly aware of what this means. By November of this year, banks and other financial institutions must have in place a new process for payment systems that uses the ISO 20022 standard instead of SWIFT. This must be active by November and by 2025, all financial institutions will have to be compliant.
The software security landscape has drastically evolved over the past few years. Think back to the start of COVID-19. The sudden shift to virtual operations expediated digital transformations. Government agencies now have to release new digital products and services in tighter timeframes, causing public sector leadership to choose between speed of deployments or verifiably secure code. The data says it all...
JavaScript is a programming language based on prototypes instead of classes. When a new object is created, the features of the prototype object are inherited – this includes arrays, functions, and even class definitions. The new object can also act as a template for other inheriting objects, transferring its properties, and creating the prototype chain.
The global pandemic and more recent geo-political events have brought an even greater focus on the threat of cyber attacks on individuals and businesses. Even as global lockdowns and restrictions on movement have eased, many organizations have not adapted to remote or hybrid styles of work. The reality that most of the workforce now operates outside a perimeter that can be controlled creates greater opportunity for scammers, hackers and the potential for cyber attacks than ever before.