Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

By Kwami Ahiabenu    If you have ever visited an online platform or website and you are faced with countless frustrations; poor system functionality, multiple clicks that don’t get you the information you require and a generally unfriendly space, then you are experiencing a website or online platform which has not been built with User Experience Design (UX) thinking. If you have ever visited an online platform or website and you are faced with countless frustrations; poor system functionality, multiple clicks that don’t get you the information you require and a generally unfriendly space, then you are experiencing a website or online platform which has not been built with User Experience Design (UX) thinking. The site’s poor User Interface Design points to the fact that User Experience Testing was probably skipped. What is user testing? User testing can be described as a mechanism used in online design processes to ensure that prod...

Online security is a complex venture since it is made up of a number of many moving parts such as people, processes, systems, hardware, software and knowledge. However, it is critical in today’s highly connected society.   The idea of online security is to provide users at all levels with some safety when they operate in an online environment by ensuring that their system and data is protected from unauthorised modification. Just by logging on to the Internet, a user is exposed to countless risks ranging from attempts to steal personal information, receiving a deluge of unwanted emails(spams) or the take-over of a users’ computer to launch cyber-attacks on other computers or network. A firewall is designed as a first line of defence to provide security for users by preventing unauthorised access to a computer, networks, devices, or private network such as intranets. As a security system, firewall work by constantly monitoring and controllin...