Editor's Note: ASTQB seeks to help you "Keep Your Software Out of the Headlines"®, so we are examining recent headlines for insights that you can think about in your own workplace.

With increasing scrutiny of the security of our voting process, the foundations must be assured. Otherwise the bad guys won’t have to work at breaking our software; it will break on its own. That’s a headline we can all wish to avoid.

Worse than a bad headline...is having to testify about your public failures before a legislative panel.

If you don't think your CEO values testing, have them read this article!

It was fun seeing everyone at the ASTQB booth at StarWest!  We enjoyed chatting about building your career and your software quality.  

Of course, the real question was whether it’s better to toss bugs or swat bugs!  In the end, both work, and everyone wins!  We can’t wait to see everyone at all of the upcoming shows!

Dr. Boris Beizer, winner of the ISTQB Award for Lifelong Contribution in 2012, passed away October 7th.

This ISTQB award recognized Boris as a prominent person that has made a fundamental contribution to the software testing principles and techniques. His friend and colleague, Simon Mills, offered additional insights into Boris' impact on the profession.

At a time when there were not so many comprehensive works to turn to, Boris provided us with “Software System Testing and Quality Assurance” and “Software Testing Techniques”, among others, both used by many as standard reference works. To this day, they remain high on the reading list of many involved in tester training.

The overall influence of Boris in training, technical papers, consultancy and conference proceedings is incalculable. His intellect, skill and willingness to be controversial coupled with the ability to convey this in the written word has rarely been equalled in the field of software quality.

ASTQB wishes to express its condolences to his family and colleagues.