Serializing and deserializing data is not a problem by itself, or when the source of the data is known to be safe. These operations become dangerous when an app works with user-supplied data. For the ...

Serialization is the process of converting a Java object into a sequence of bytes so they can be written to disk, sent over a network, or stored outside of memory. Later, the Java virtual machine (JVM ...

The major markets for pharmaceuticals have been forever transformed with the arrival of mandated serialization. With both the United States Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) and European Union ...

All of the players in the pharmaceutical supply chain are currently challenged to comply with traceability regulations outlined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Drug Supply Chain ...

Editor’s Note: Every year, 40 or so students in the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics' (MIT CTL) Master of Supply Chain Management (SCM) program complete one-year thesis research projects. The ...

Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is on the rise – and a growing health and safety issue with deep consequences for consumers and manufacturers alike. A number of factors contribute to counterfeiting, ...

Serialization is the process of saving an object’s state to a sequence of bytes; deserialization is the process of rebuilding those bytes into a live object. The Java Serialization API provides a ...