Security News > 2020 > February > Why shortcuts lead to failure: Lessons from app disaster in Iowa
Apparently the app was deployed through mobile testing platforms, not the App Store or the Play Store.
SEE: Iowa caucus app fiasco: How it happened and lessons learned.
Peter Klayman, the practice lead for business strategy at Bottle Rocket, said it appears that the app didn't get any quality assurance testing or user testing.
"Developers should ideally combine automated tests and manual testing to ensure their app is of the highest possible quality and determine if the servers supporting their app is agile enough to cope during high-traffic hours," he said.
Oren Rubin, CEO of Testim, agreed, adding that business owners should take a lesson from the Iowa Democratic Party's mistakes about the significance of testing at all levels: Unit testing, integration testing, functional testing, end-to-end testing, security testing, performance, and scalability testing.