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Predicting the most popular programming languages
Software researcher Erik Bernhardsson is trying to predict which programming languages are popular in the future, by counting the number of ‘switch from A to B’ blogs on the Internet. The results are surprising. The top 5 consists not only contains new language Go but also the older languages Python, Java, C and C++.
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Embedded systems development: Raspberry Pi or Arduino
During our reviews of IT projects and startups, we see more and more teams that create ’embedded software’: software intended not to run inside some other device. The development of such systems has become much easier since the introduction of two standard platforms: Arduino and Raspberry Pi. These two platforms are quite different so it is…
Joost Schalken-Pinkster
A summary of ISO 27001 requirements for information security
ISO / IEC 27001 is an official standard for the information security of organisations. Regrettably the standard is not freely available, making it harder than necessary to look up what is actually required by ISO 27001. This has led to some misconceptions. While we still recommend you to read the full standard, we decided to create a good summary to…
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Information security and PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
Standards such as ISO 27001 require you to use a method for continuous improvement in your information security policy. PDCA or Plan-Do-Check-Act is the preferred method for most information security teams and we recommend you to use this method, described in this article.
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Information security – Cryptographic controls policy example
Using cryptographic controls such as encryption can help with information security, but only if it is applied correctly. To make sure it is used in the right way, it is recommended by standards such as ISO 27002 have a data encryption policy. In this article we share the ICT Institute data encryption policy, that is…
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