https://jamesgaryjardine.com/tags/qa/Recent content in QA on James JardineHugo -- gohugo.ioenWed, 10 Sep 2014 13:57:09 +0000https://jamesgaryjardine.com/qa-and-security-pt-2-software-testers/Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:57:09 +0000https://jamesgaryjardine.com/qa-and-security-pt-2-software-testers/<p>Lets start by discussing the type of QA that tests software to ensure it is working as designed. These are the bug finders of the QA world. The process starts by a developer creating some functional code and then deploying it to an environment specific to the QA team. The QA team then uses its knowledge of how the application is supposed to function and determines if it is performing properly. Any bugs identified get filed and sent back for remediation (hopefully).</p>https://jamesgaryjardine.com/qa-and-security-pt-1-what-qa-are-you-talking-about/Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:15:17 +0000https://jamesgaryjardine.com/qa-and-security-pt-1-what-qa-are-you-talking-about/<p>There has been a lot of chatter recently regarding QA and the role it plays in security testing. Hashing this out over Twitter with 140 characters per post just makes things more confusing. While I think that Twitter helps start some of the most important discussions, there is a need for other mediums to expand on the topic. In this series of posts, I want to take the opportunity to bring up some of these topics and hopefully expand on then a little bit. We all have our opinions and we will certainly not all agree on everything, however these are conversations we need to have.</p>