New answers tagged security-testing
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Although Security Testing is the responsibility of the whole engineering team(QA/Dev/DevOps), a security expert team will be the most suitable choice to ensure the security aspects of the project.
Security testing services in the IT industry are equipped with the latest tools and technologies. They have the expertise to ensure that the application is ...
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Properties of the product like security, reliability, and quality are the job of the entire team, not just one department.
I was recently reading Lessons Learned in Software Testing and would like to highlight three lessons from chapter 1.
Lesson 4: "Your group's mission includes (or should include) informing clients about anything that threatens the ...
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All aspects of a product, whether they are features, performance or security are responsibility of the whole team. However, the roles and responsibilities for delivering the product by fulfilling all its aspects are delegated across the team.
Deciding upon what all security measures need to be implemented for the project becomes responsibility of the ...
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Most of the data breaches come as a result of human error - social engineering, phishing, etc.
I think management should organize security education for everyone. I don't see testers needing to be extra responsible in this regard. If any team should be more responsible, it is the security team (if it exists).
So, let's make a parallel:
Quality is everyone's ...
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All aspects of quality - functional and non-functional testing - should be solved by the whole team. Introducing a wall where developers develop and testers test introduces hand-offs, which increases communication needs and can slow down the overall process.
Everyone is responsible for security:
DevOps is a "shift left" mindset, which moves ...
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The total cost might depend on several factors, such as type of penetration test, scope, length, and the number of testers.
Type
This company offers several types:
EXTERNAL NETWORK PENETRATION TEST
INTERNAL NETWORK PENETRATION TEST
PIVOT (ASSUMED COMPROMISE) TEST
WEB APPLICATION PENETRATION TEST
COMMAND AND CONTROL & DATA EXFILTRATION ASSESSMENT
RED ...
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I've been involved in organizing penetration testing for my employer's software, and what I've experienced is that the quoted price depends on a combination of:
how big/complex the software is (usually approximated by how many pages in a web application)
how much time the penetration testers will need to work through the software
As a general guideline, if ...
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