Distributed SQL Basics

In this article, we will look at the basics of Distributed SQL. In 2012, Google’s spanner has coined the concept of Distributed SQL databases. What is Distributed SQL? Its single relational database deployed on a cluster of network servers. It automatically replicates and distributes data among the server nodes. It is strongly consistent and provides

PCI DSS Compliance

PCI DSS stands for payment card industry data security standard. It’s a framework designed to protect the entire payment card value chain. There are 12 requirements are met which are considered as PCI complaint Goals Requirements Build and Maintain a secure network & systems Req.1 : Install & maintain a firewall configuration Req 2 :

Crucible Code Review integration with JIRA

In this article, we will look at how to create crucible reviewID automatically along with code commit for JIRA issues.  As mentioned in the previous articles, smart commit feature help in enabling this integration. Let’s look at the steps below. Step 1: Under ‘App’, find ‘Git Integration with JIRA’ and install it in your JIRA

Auto Transition of Status in JIRA post code-commit

In this article, we will look at how to do auto transition of status post code commit of JIRA issues.  Smart commit feature help in enabling this integration and we will be able to include comments, transition JIRA status, track time, send it for code review tool etc. Let’s look at the steps below. Step

Integration of GIT Code commit with JIRA

In this article, we will look at how to integrate code commit to JIRA issues.  Those who are technical will be able to go to git repository and review code commits done by developers. Having the code commit integrated with JIRA will help for non-technical people who wants to review what’s the real progress of

Visualizing Bifurcation of Issues for Analysis

During progress of the project, many a times we may have to look at the backlog for analysis and do some decision making to ensure we meet the timeline. For example, In this article, we will look at how we can visually bring this in dashboard & how we can bifurcate issues (defects/stories). Example I

AzureDevOps Dashboard

In this article, we will look at how to create dashboard in Azure DevOps. This will be helpful if you want to automate the process of reporting and avoid using Excel & PowerPoint. Let’s take a look at the steps below Step 1 : Choose ‘Dashboard’ option in the left-hand menu and click on ‘New

NewSQL Basics

In this article, we will look at the basics of NewSQL. NewSQL was first conceived in 2011 by Matthew Aslett in a research paper. What is NewSQL? NewSQL is a database language based on concepts of RDBMS & NoSQL. It combines the performance of NoSQL (horizontal scaling) and reliability (ACID properties – Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation

DISA STIG Compliance

It refers to an organisation named Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) that provides security technical implementation guides (STIG) to secure information systems/software to avoid being vulnerable. STIG checklists will secure the below STIG Checklist below https://www.stigviewer.com/stigs

CWE/SANs Top 25 Security Standards

SANS Top 25 is the CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) list which contains critical errors of security vulnerabilities. SANS(Sysadmin, Audit, Network and Security) is an organisation that provides security policies to be followed. Rank Name 1 Out-of-bounds Write This happens due to memory corruption which is caused by index out of bound exception error 2 Improper

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