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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Chapter 34. Blockchain Technology – Assuring Secure Business

 

"The blockchain is the most important technology since the Internet itself"

 
 -- Marc Andreessen

Since the advent of the Internet, security has been a concern to organizations and individuals. Most organizations, especially in financial services, fear to store their documents and monetary information on the Internet. Individuals hesitate transacting online due to hacking and other security problems. Blockchain technology has evolved recently to solve this problem.

In this chapter, we will discuss:

  • Blockchains and the process involved

  • Some popular types of blockchains

  • Testing considerations