BEWARE! Software failures to watch out for in 2019

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BEWARE! Software failures to
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BEWARE! Software failures to watch
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The recent history or backdrop of software
failures has been intriguing and thoroughly
engaging for each one of us. Diverse industries
and businesses across the globe have been
witnessing an upheaval within their regular
business functions due to these undesirable
developments. Some of these disturbances have
been due to internal malfunction and some due to
the growing interruptions caused by external
agencies with malicious intentions. The year 2018
further reinforced the theory with increasing
number of IT-related failures that occurred
universally and unapologetically across every
industry. Wolfgang Platz Founder Chief
Strategy Officer, Tricentis, in his note for the
report Software Fail Watch states, Analyst
reports like the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Test
Automation make it clear that legacy tools can no
longer keep pace with software development. A new
era is upon us one that requires us to rethink
our software testing strategies, tool stacks, and
priorities, and reimagine what we can accomplish
in the software industry. This calls for a
serious reality check on the traditional
methodologies and concepts of software
development and testing. It is invariably an
inexcusable truth for the software testing
experts to keep evolving and stay a step ahead in
this game. The kind of damage that software
failures, glitches, and other IT hiccups have
caused across every industry is absolutely
astonishing and alarming at the same time. In
the case of automakers, you might want to refer
to the report by AlixPartners. It states that the
number of recalls required to fix defects in
vehicle electronic/electrical systems has grown
30 percent per year during the past few years.
The problems with vehicle electronics continued
unabated throughout 2018. Similarly, in a recent
event, IT failures hit the criminal courts
across
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England and Wales, and as a result it restricted
access to crucial computer systems, resulting in
chaos and possibly months of delay. Cases of
reputation and financial losses have touched upon
every other industry, whether it is Airlines,
Automakers, Communications, Cybercrime, Financial
Institutions and Markets, Government offices,
Healthcare sector, or the retail segment. Hence,
the threat looms over every segment and kind of
business. The stakes are high, as millions of
people are at risk if these hiccups, breaches,
and failures continue to haunt us. What we need
to understand as an industry are the trends that
we can sight from these experiences and learnings
over the last few years and prepare for what lies
ahead of us. Gauging the trends in software
failures, hiccups, glitches, and more. Have you
or has your industry been recently affected by a
software failure or an external breach? If yes,
you know the threats and even if you have not,
you are aware of the risks and the damage that it
can cost you. Just to quote a number, the
Tricentis report has stated the number as
3,683,212,665 people being affected universally
and the losses from software failure as USD
1,715,430,778,504. The picture is clear, the
stakes are high!
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According to the report, the software fail
stories we record are split into one of three
categories software bugs, security
vulnerabilities, and usability glitches. The
first, and most common, is a software bug an
instance in which a software application fails to
work as intended. The second type is a security
vulnerability a flaw that attackers can exploit
to alter a systems behavior or steal data. The
third and final is a usability glitch a software
design flaw that decreases the product or
applications ease of use in many cases,
rendering the product unusable. Read Full Blog
at https//www.cigniti.com/blog/software-failure
s-to-watch-out-for/
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