You’ve probably heard of the famous  Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle  in Quantum physics. It states “The more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known in this instant, and vice versa.” --Heisenberg, uncertainty...

Digital signature is a cryptographic mechanism that provides three security services; data origin authentication, data integrity and non repudiation [1]. Verification of a digital signature using a public key, gives the verifier proof, that the signature...

This is the continuation of the previous posts on PDL-IT ( part-1 , part-2 ). Part-1 consisted of basic overview of PDL-IT whereas in Part-2 action items proposed by PDL-IT during Envision and Design phase of SDLC were discussed. This post consists ...

As a follow-up post to PDL-IT part-1 , this is the part-2 of PDL-IT.  In this post I would discuss the details about the action items proposed by PDL-IT during Envision and Design phase of SDLC. The rest of the phases would be covered in the subsequent...

So I’ve been quite amazed by the amount of discussion and feedback i have received from colleagues and peers on my original post on creating fundamental change through competition. I will be posting some of the written replies that I received and which...

Microsoft ACE team has been involved in performance testing and tuning of web applications within Microsoft for more than ten years and for external customers for more than three years. Over these years of experience in performance testing and tuning...

So how do you take your average developer who scoffs at security from the careless and brash aka Kevin,  to the poster child  for good development practices aka  Kevlarr. Well, the Microsoft SDL team has the answer for you. Read more… ...