As Cyber Monday approaches, Radmila Blazheska, CMO, SecurityHQ, defines the true impact of security breaches on an organisation’s reputation and how to reduce your chances of attack through damage control. A cyber-attack and with it a potential data breach, will not just ruin a company’s reputation but has the potential to ruin years of effort from a PR and marketing perspective. A data breach would potentially end in financial loss, risk of brand reputation or essentially business closure. Regardless of what industry you are in, or how big your organisation, marketing is at the heart of most companies. It is the department that builds on the brand image, conveys the right ethos and promotes the company values. Marketing is what nurtures client relationships and partnerships. It makes information accessible and businesses stand out. Businesses need and rely on their marketing teams. So, when malicious activity and a single cyber-attack can destroy all this work with one swift move, it is worth dedicating some time to. Reputation Think of everything that makes your company what it is today. All the people, the processes, the technology, the relationships, the branding, everything that ever went into creating what your business represents today. This can be destroyed in an instant. A data breach and with it a PR crisis, has the potential to significantly affect the image of an organisation. Often seen on par with poor customer service, Forbes’ The Reputational Impact of IT Risk report highlighted ‘that 46% of organisations had suffered damage to their reputations and brand value as a result of a breach. Another 19% of organisations suffered reputational and...
How to port desktop applications to .NET Core 3.0 In this post, I will describe how to port a desktop application from .NET Framework to .NET Core. I picked a WinForms application as an example. Steps for WPF application are similar and I’ll describe what needs to be done different for WPF as we go. I will also show how you can keep using the WinForms designer in Visual Studio even though it is under development and is not yet available for .NET Core projects. About the sample For this post, I’ll be using a Memory-style board game application. It contains a WinForms UI (MatchingGame.exe) and a class library with the game logic (MatchingGame.Logic.dll), both targeting .NET Framework 4.5. You can download the sample here. I’ll be porting the application project to .NET Core 3.0 and the class library to .NET Standard 2.0. Using .NET Standard instead of .NET Core allows me to reuse the game logic to provide the application for other platforms, such as iOS, Android or web. You can either watch Scott Hunter and me doing the conversion in the following video, or you can follow the step-by-step instructions below. Of course, I won’t be holding it against you, if you were to do both. Step-by-step process I suggest doing the migration in a separate branch or, if you’re not using version control, creating a copy of your project so you have a clean state to go back to if necessary. Before porting the application to .NET Core 3.0, I need to do some preparation first. Preparing to port Porting main project Create new project <PackageReference Include=“Newtonsoft.Json” Version=“9.0.1” />...
The following article on how to become a web developer is a guest post by Katie Web development is one of the original, somewhat notorious and (still) well-suited job roles for those wanting to be location independent. A web development business takes on a multitude of guises, from creating a site with a few simple yet stylish pages – to building complex, client-specific systems with lots of bells and whistles. If you want to know how to become a remote web developer and get started creating simple sites you don’t need a degree or any experience to get started creating simple sites. The old cliched idea of a web developer is that of someone geeky, mathematical, tech-obsessed and probably male to boot! As systems and tools have changed over the years, to more friendly ways of creating sites (rather than just hard-core coding), web development has, in fact, becoming a strong-hold for creative women. Disclaimer: Some links in this article are affiliate links, which means that if you purchase through them, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. For more information on my disclaimer click here. Hi, I’m Katie, an online Web developer and Tech VA, originally from the UK, now based in Spain whilst travelling as much as I can. I was a late bloomer in the long-term travel world. I’d vacationed whenever I could and would save my pennies like mad for my vacations. One day I stumbled upon the blog of a couple who were travelling slowly and spending as much money in 4 months as I had been in 14 days!...
TL;DR: This article will show you how to use Laravel to implement a basic GraphQL API and how to secure it with Auth0. Throughout the article, you will learn how to implement the API step by step up to the final result. You can find the final code on this GitHub repository. The API You Will Build The project you are going to build is an API providing a list of wines from all over the world. As mentioned before, you will build the API following the GraphQL model. This model allows a client to request the exact data it needs, nothing more, nothing less. You will implement the GraphQL API by using Laravel, one of the most popular PHP frameworks that allows you to set up an application in minutes by exploiting its powerful infrastructure. Finally, you will learn how easy it is to secure your GraphQL API with Auth0. Before starting the project, ensure you have PHP and MySQL installed on your machine. You will also need Composer, a dependency manager for PHP. Once you have these tools installed on your machine, you are ready to build the Wine Store API. Setting up the Laravel PHP Project The first step to create a Laravel project is to run the following command in a terminal: This command asks Composer to create a Laravel project named winestore. The result is a new directory called winestore right where you ran the command. This directory will have a few files and subdirectories as shown in the following picture: Don’t worry if you are not acquainted with Laravel’s structure. While you will...
How to create an app? It is the first question that arises once businesses have decided to create an app to further their enterprise. Businesses may know their target audience, demand, and supply. They may also know that the idea of creating a mobile app is going to be successful, and that it could potentially be a million-dollar idea. The thing stopping them is that they do not know how to develop a mobile app. In this post, we share a step by step guide to building a mobile app. 1. Define your purpose Many companies and start-ups make a mistake of not defining clear objectives while developing a mobile app. It is nearly impossible to get expected benefits if the purpose is not precise. Before developing a mobile app, it is vital to find answers to such questions. How can your app create a difference? How can it be helpful to customers? Is your app going to reach more customers? Or is it just for brand awareness? After getting answers to the above questions, you should look for improvements in your business through the app, as well as the expected outcomes. These things need to be crystal clear before going further. 2. Discuss features and functionalities After defining the objectives, the second most crucial step is to discuss the functions and features of the mobile app. One of the essential parts of developing a mobile app is to write down all the necessary functionalities and features. You can integrate features such as ML, AI, Payment Gateway integration, Real-time tracking, Face Detection, and others in your mobile app. If...
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