How to provide Application security in development practices

Application security is a hot issue as always and software companies are providing inbuilt security systems to protect data from external threats. Instead of inbuilt security systems, security can be provided from threats by performing few techniques. It is very elusive in nature and we should know completely what is exactly application security is? Saving the application from external threats is critical as use of different hardware devices, software, and other procedural methods are not easy to implement without complete technical know-how about the application and security tools.

There are few actions of providing security during development to software application that enables the hackers from manipulating the applications, steal, modify and delete sensitive data. There is a term named “countermeasures” commonly used by developers or experts in technical language. Actions taken to prevent the software application from threats are called “countermeasures”. It is an action or system that is able to remove or transfer the effects of threats from server, network and computer. These “countermeasures” can be used to provide security in form of software and hardware.

Software countermeasure Application firewall: Application firewall controls the access of applications from operating system of the computer. It controls the flow of information or data to and from central processing unit (CPU) and other destinations. It also provides security by handling data or execution of files by specific application.

Hardware countermeasure Router: It is a hardware that gives the direction to “packets” between two networks. It determines the next network point for “packet” to reach out its destination. “Gateway” is where two networks meet and the location of the router is at any “gateway”. Packets use to travel at different destinations in the network and router is able to maintain table for the available routs and can determine best route and conditions for packets.

Encryption/ Decryption: Encryption is the process of converting data into the special form called “cipher text” that cannot be easily readable or understood by unauthorized people. To make it understood decryption is the process to convert the “cipher text” into original form. This typical language system is used in performing wireless communications as wireless circuits are easy to tap.

Regular countermeasures include:

• Deletion of stored cookies and temporary files at regular intervals of time
• Regular scanning programs for virus and Trojans
• Regular maintenance of operating system in the form of installation of updates
• Avoidance of link clicking those contain email messages
• Avoidance of questionable websites
• Backing up of data on external media regularly

Joomla 1.5 – Role in Web Development

Web development process never stops, and implementation of new technologies always keeps the development work at pace. There are various technologies are being used by web developers for the web development. Joomla framework is one of the easy to use technologies for web development.

Joomla is powerful open source content management system and helps in management of web applications according to requirement. Joomla is written on PHP and it has many features that help in web development. It helps in page catching to improve performance, web indexing; RSS feeds printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, forums, polls, calendars, website searching, and language internationalization. Joomla is very popular system in the web world due to its flexible, simple, elegant, customizable and powerful properties.

Joomla has shown presence with its first version called Joomla 1.0 three years ago on September 16, 2005 and presently the Joomla 1.5 beta is in market. Joomla 1.5 is one of the products of open source management system and taken care by the Joomla community. It is latest version by the Joomla community. It is very easy to use technology for the developers and it provides more power and simplicity. It is great system that provides more freedom of integration, operation, controlled output and user authentication. Joomla 1.5 beta provides high flexibility to develop anything to developers in other words we can say boon for developers. Joomla use to provide unified and easy to use framework for delivering content for all kinds of websites in the web development process.

Few Important features of Joomla 1.5

• It can be run on PHP 5 also compatibility with 4.3 version of PHP
• More refined administrator
• Simplified main menu is provided
• More language packs are available
• All extensions can be made by single installer
• More storing capacity for images, documents, presentations etc
• Media can be viewed in Icons and List formats

Facilities for template designers

• Joomla allows typical table heavy output where as Joomla 1.5 will allow custom layouts
• Ability to create custom module chrome
• New template managers are introduced with ability to edit any CSS file for the template. This is to facilitate template designers to design template in such a way so that customers can change settings from within template manager interface.

HIRING OFFSHORE DEVELOPERS IS SHINING

Granting IT offshore services is not fresh concept for Internet business world. An innovative thought to pace up the business is universal truth of offline and online business at global level. Providing individual and team of developers for offshore services is great running concept of online business. This concept has brought changes to save MONEY TIME AND ENERGY for online business.

Vertical growth of your IT business demands for extra resources and to fulfill requirement hiring developers is the easiest and cheap way. Outsourcing your overload or special technical demands of work for your business helps in reducing the burden as well as you get quality in work. Web is full of companies providing offshore hiring services for easing the business overload and specific IT requirements. Low cost effective resources are available in form of technical experts, web developers, web designers and all IT experts globally providing their services to international companies as well as middle sized organizations.

Why Hire Dedicated Developers in common

• Technically sound Experts
• Easy availability in the customized way
• Well coordinated with IT and global business environment
• Low cost Business development skills

Hidden benefits of Hiring Dedicated Developers

• Does not require training time
• Transfer of technology in productive way
• No traditional ways of HR recruitment system, conducting interviews etc
• No traditional worker related documentation like tax forms, retirement plans, scheduling etc
• Saving of money in establishing new work place, offices etc

Universal truth is coming to picture is that hiring dedicated developers and teams are giving rise to new procedures and process and changing the working culture at the place of outsourcing company as well as offshore service provider. Global changes in the business transformation is rising at its pace for benefits of both the sides.

Hiring IT Professionals

As you are ready to hire web professionals to build up your system, but have you ever wondered that how to set quality in hiring web professionals?

Following are the tips for global businessmen, who hire professionals for their online projects.

Choose developers and build team

Always choose professionals according to your need after taking well interview of each professional make a team that will work according to your project demands. Try to interact each of them at regular intervals to know progress or development in the project.

Take well interview

Before hiring the professionals take good interview then select the professional to build your team. Try to know the professional capabilities by asking questions. Check the communication because without well communication between you and him will lead to misunderstandings.

Provide more information

Give more and more information about yourself to your team. Explain them well about the company and expectations. Describe all about the project and let them aware about the benefits of the project to your company. Keep in touch with them through emails, chats and phones calls in order to deliver the relevant information about the project and to understand your needs better.

Appreciate the work on success

Keep on Appreciating the work to increase the moral for better results in your project. Appreciation is must for good work in order increase the productivity.

Know your team

Know your team well; try to show interest in them and in their work. Send emails and appreciation wishes occasionally. Know every member of your offshore team and try to help them as much you can individually.

Keep track of process

Keep track of daily process as well weekly schedules to know the problems facing by the team. Try to show the interest even if you can’t solve them but take your involvement.

Build relationship with the managers

Build relationships with senior managers, project managers, team leaders, of other departments. Maintain relationships with other department heads like delivery head, quality head and other managers you need their support to accomplish the various tasks related to your project.