Security Testing – Critical Concepts and Attributes -ImpactQA-converted

1. Security Testing – Critical Concepts and Attributes The widespread use and high buzz of software apps in business and everyday life are paralleled by the rise of hacking, security breaches, and virus attacks. Behavioral imperfections and software defects can promote these serious attacks. Some of the security incidents like Apple gotofail flaw, Heartbleed, POODLE attack have taught us that web security can’t be taken lightly and even the best of us are not safe and risk-free from it. Third parties with malicious intent may exploit these vulnerabilities for their own profit. Companies may incur a serious loss of legal and security complications, customer trust, terrible slowdown of business operations and high costs of rectification, as a result. Applications Security testing is a critical QA step for businesses to safeguard their software applications. By testing the application for potential security threats and vulnerabilities, potential external attacks may be pre-empted. Also Read: Why Security Testing is Significant? Prime objectives of Security Testing The objectives of security testing can be: •To make certain that the adequate attention is provided to recognize the security risks •To confirm the proper functioning of the executed security measures

2. •To get confirmation that a realistic mechanism to define and enforce access to the system is in the right place •To make sure that adequate expertise exists to perform security testing Usually, security testing has the following main attributes: •Authorization •Authentication •Confidentiality •Availability •Non-repudiation •Resilience •Integrity Why Security Testing? System testing, in the modern era, is a must to determine and address web application security vulnerabilities and threats to avoid any of the following: •Loss of client trust. •Website downtime, time loss &expenditures to recover from damage (restoring backups, reinstalling services, etc.) •Disturbance to the online means of revenue collection/generation. •Cost associated with securing web apps against future attacks. •Connected legal implications and fees to have lax security measures in place. The main aim of security testing is to find out how vulnerable a system may be and to find out whether its data, as well as resources, are secured from potential intruders. The security testing is mainly carried out to make sure that the software under test is sufficiently robust and performs in an acceptable manner even in the event of a malicious attack.