Software Quality Assurance Testing Guide Tips And Practices

Vulnerability Testing People often tend to get confused when it comes to differentiating between vulnerability testing and penetration testing. This is due to the similar objectives of both the testing methodologies in avoiding security breaches in an organization. In fact, people often use these terms incorrectly and interchangeably. As a result, we often overlook the vital elements in the security profile of an organization’s network architecture critical in preventing cybercrime. However, determining the cybersecurity strategies and understanding their implications can be a daunting task. Let us dig deeper to understand the fine line between these two well-known testing strategies. Vulnerability assessment searches for weaknesses inside the IT architecture of an organization. While a pen test or penetration test tries to proactively exploit the weaknesses in an IT environment. Remember, vulnerability testing can be automated, but penetration testing would require h...

Security Testing Digitization has brought in its wake scores of tangible and intangible benefits to mankind. It has shaken the traditional business models and has brought newer paradigms to improve efficiency, establish connectivity, analyze information, and stay competitive. The increased proliferation of digitization through a range of advanced devices and faster networks riding on a slew of technologies has changed customer experience into delight. However, notwithstanding the grand strides that digitization has made into the lives of people, it is accompanied by increased incidences of cybercrime as well. If statistics are to be believed, then cybercrime causes a worldwide annual loss of $900 billion.  Why cybercrime is so prevalent? The ubiquity of cybercrime around the world is due to a host of reasons. These stem from the fact that cybercrime can be a low investment and high returns venture.  ·    Poorly protected IoT devices where various...