It's Time to Get Serious About Software Testing, Says SEC Roundtable

Commentators observing the SEC markets technology roundtable held in Washington DC this week say the roundtable participants didn't get specific enough when it came to software testing and that the industry should look at how other industries, including aerospace, test and validate products before putting them to market.

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1. Easy Button?

I think kill switches are important, but we need to ensure that we don't think of them as the big red easy button. It is layered. It is complex.

— Anna Ewing, executive vice president and chief information officer at Nasdaq OMX, during the SEC markets technology roundtable, held on October 2

Source: Huffington Post: Kill Switches' Can Avoid Glitches But Need To Be Used With Caution, Experts Say

Greg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology. View Full Bio

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