The team at Google recently announced an expansion to the software development tasks included in Bard, the company’s conversational artificial intelligence chatbot. This adds the ability to help users with programming and software development tasks such as code generation, code debugging, and code explanation. These features have been launched in over 20 different programming languages, … continue reading
Slack has launched its next-generation platform with new features and capabilities to make it easier for developers to build and distribute apps on the Slack platform. The platform includes modular architecture grounded in building blocks like functions, triggers, and workflows. They’re remixable, reusable, and hook into everything flowing in and out of Slack. It also … continue reading
Application security testing company GrammaTech and AppSecOps company ArmorCode have announced a technology integration partnership geared at helping users automate product security across development, testing, feedback, and deployment. With the GrammaTech CodeSonar static application security testing (SAST) platform, ArmorCode users gain improved safety and security vulnerability intelligence for integrating application security capabilities into CI/CD pipelines. … continue reading
In today’s digital age, ensuring secure authentication at your organization is more crucial than ever. With the increasing prevalence of cyber attacks, data breaches, and identity theft, it is imperative for businesses to implement robust security measures to protect their sensitive information and assets. Passwords are still the leading cause of security breaches, and we’ll … continue reading
There are people who believe that software development is pure art. And there are people who believe that it is basically manufacturing. The reality, of course, is that it’s somewhere in the middle. Because of that, before you can even begin to measure how your team is performing, it’s critically important to understand your organization’s … continue reading
Tython is an open-source Security as Code framework and SDK that is geared towards building security design patterns as-code. It takes an architectural approach to cloud security, supports the user’s choice of programming language, and removes vendor lock-in. With Tython, customers can design reusable security references architectures as-code with pre-built blueprints so that they don’t … continue reading
The Android development team recently announced Graphics Shapes Version 1.0, a library which allows for the creation and rendering of rounded polygonal shapes, as well as automatic animation between different shapes. With the alpha01 version, users are enabled to use the Polygon API to create regular and star polygons with the necessary number of vertices, … continue reading
Electronic health records are vital for the health care industry, as they enable better patient care and improved outcomes. However, current methods of storing and sharing this data are not secure or effective. Enter blockchain technology—a distributed, decentralized digital ledger system able to securely store and share data in near real-time. Unlike current systems, which … continue reading
Scaled Agile, Inc., provider of SAFe®, the world’s leading system for business agility, today announced its acquisition of Rentouch, a Swiss-based company specializing in software for visualizing Agile planning events across multiple Agile teams with SAFe. This strategic acquisition will enhance SAFe® Studio, SAFe’s online platform for learning, applying, and managing enterprise-wide SAFe implementations. A defining … continue reading
Atlassian today released a new AI tool, Atlassian Intelligence, designed to understand how teams work and to help accelerate software delivery. The company has mined 20 years of data on how software, operations and business teams plan, track and deliver work to give Atlassian Intelligence a “unique understanding of teamwork,” according to a company blog … continue reading
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has announced the release of the first version of its supply chain security language, Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA). The project provides specifications for software supply chain that have been established by community consensus. SLSA’s framework is split into several different levels that describe increasing security severity so … continue reading
Last month, legislation was proposed in the United States that could have potential impacts on the software ecosystem. Sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), the RESTRICT Act is a bipartisan piece of legislation with the goal of “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology,” thus the … continue reading
