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CREST announces first companies accredited to OWASP Verification Standard (OVS)

CREST OVS helps build trust into mobile and web app development 28 October, 2022 CREST, the international not-for-profit, membership body representing the global cyber security industry, has announced Across Verticals, Nettitude, Pentest People, Trustwave and VerSprite as the first companies to be awarded accreditation to its OWASP Verification Standard (OVS) program, a quality assurance standard… Read More »

Plant-based food companies face critics: environmental advocates

But some are not so sure. One investor-tracking firm gives Beyond Meat a zero when it comes to sustainability measures. Another rates it a “severe risk,” putting it on a par with beef and chicken processing giants JBS and Tyson. “We don’t feel we have sufficient information to say Beyond Meat is fundamentally different from… Read More »

Georgia board picks 6 companies to sell medical marijuana

Loading the player… A Georgia board tasked with overseeing the state’s efforts to get patients access to medical marijuana has approved the six companies that will be allowed to sell the drug, a major step to finally getting patients legal access to the medication. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission… Read More »

White lies leave UK companies in the dark

A quarter of us don’t complain about poor service, over half give excuses to get company representatives off the phone, and nearly two-thirds say businesses get it wrong about how good their service is. This “traditional British reserve” is undermining efforts to improve customer service – with many companies only learning about customers’ issues when… Read More »

Flyway’s Growth Demonstrates the Value of Open Source for Software Companies

Following its $ 10 million acquisition of Flyway, Redgate Software has secured the future of the popular Open Source database migration tool by taking a new approach to software development. CAMBRIDGE, England – December 15, 2020 – Redgate Software’s multimillion-dollar acquisition of Flyway in 2019 was an ambitious move to help organizations include any database… Read More »

Transparency by drug companies, scrutiny by journalists, vital in vaccine news

Pfizer’s chairman and CEO proclaimed in a Pfizer company news release: “Today is a great day for science and humanity.” In that PR news release – but only in that format – Pfizer announced early results of “a vaccine efficacy rate above 90%, at 7 days after the second dose.” That’s about all we know… Read More »