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Security Testing – Web App – Some Tips For Newbies

Tuesday July 5th 2011 11am Rated 15 9 Comments Security Testing Web
If you’re interested in security testing web applications, these tips will help a non-security tester to consider some techniques to get started. The world of security testing is perhaps the most important, yet it’s often the most neglected aspect to testing. A lack of security testing opens an organization to business risks and could have severe implications to the financial future of a company. If you haven’t made security testing part of your repertoire, consider integrating it today into your regular test suite.
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Test Automation - IV

Friday August 3rd 2007 11am Rated 1 5 Comments Agile Security Automation Functional Testing Tools
Right now one of the "louder voices in the room" for test automation is the "Agile" test automation voice.

Three Project Tips

Monday July 25th 2011 10am Rated 3 3 Comments Testing Software Project Management Quality Assurance Agile Security
Where Matt discussed three different dynamics on software projects -- and what to do about them

Quality Vs. Quantity - I

Tuesday July 13th 2010 12am Rated 6 2 Comments Testing Software Test and QA Trends Exploratory Security
If culture is defined as things we believe that we aren't even aware of about how the world works, then when it comes to how to make decisions, there is a sort of culture war going on in the hearts of people all over the world. Matt Heusser wants to talk about why he chose a road less travelled.

Security Tools Must Support An Existing Process Not Define a New One

Thursday June 3rd 2010 10am Rated 4 2 Comments Security Software Test and QA Testing Best Practices Process Regression Tools
Trying to introduce Security Testing into your software process can be tricky, just like teaching an old dog new tricks. A good first step would be to introduce a great security tool into an existing process. For example, introduce static source code analysis by adding it to the end of your automated build process. The initial ramp up cost is low, the change in process churn is low, but the value can be very high.

Security Matters

Tuesday June 22nd 2010 5am Rated 3 2 Comments Security Software Career Web
If you run your business on the web, then exposing all of your customer's data is just a security bug away

Don't Leave Security for Last

Wednesday March 3rd 2010 8am Rated 1 2 Comments Security Metrics Quality Assurance Management Acceptance Cloud Functional Testing Requirements Research Web
At the peak of the dot-com boom, my firm consulted extensively for large organizations concerned about the risks of Internet-based applications. My experience with one client in particular—we’ll call it Company X to protect its identity—remains the most palpable argument for integrating security throughout the software lifecycle.
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Testing Web 2.0 Apps

Wednesday January 6th 2010 11am Rated 0 2 Comments Security Testing Web
I did at talk at STPCon this year on Testing Web 2.

Source of (test) power - II

Tuesday September 14th 2010 4am Rated 6 1 Comment Software Testing Test and QA Editorial Security Process
Where does power come from?
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Risk Management IV - A New Hope

Monday August 6th 2012 6pm Rated 1 1 Comment Testing Software Security Quality Assurance
Where Matt talks about a few elements of risk management you may not have considered

Oh the Irony!

Tuesday March 30th 2010 1pm Rated 0 1 Comment Security Software Web
So last week I wrote an article for SearchSoftwareQuality on Quick Attacks for Web Security.

TQA- Review “The Definitive Guide to Quality Application Delivery” by Don Jones an e-book.

Tuesday March 30th 2010 7am Rated 0 1 Comment Performance Membership Life Cycle Development Security Functional Software Testing Requirements

If you are part of the STP community you have received the opportunity to download a new e-book, “The Definitive Guide to Quality Application Delivery” by Don Jones sponsored by Micro Focus. This guide is an extremely comprehensive effort, and I have been finding it very helpful in my education about the role of testing in the Software Development Life Cycle. As a quality/testing professional you may find it interesting for different reasons but I thought I would share some thoughts and try to encourage you to take advantage of this complimentary resource from STP on behalf of the book’s sponsor Micro Focus.

This book is a complete guide so I can’t share it all but I chose some excerpts that I found interesting. The book is over 200 pages jammed packed with great resources for the testing professional and all functional roles in the development of quality applications. Don Jones does a great job organizing …
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Use Case, Schmoose Case

Tuesday September 15th 2009 7am Rated 0 1 Comment Newsletters Test and QA Agile Security Performance Cloud Functional Software Testing Web
Someone failed to account for indecision, and it ruined a perfectly good TV experience. OK, no one died, but when a test team assumes that users know precisely what they want, they might be missing revenues from flip-flopping potential customers
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The Security Issue

Tuesday March 3rd 2009 7pm Rated 0 1 Comment Performance Security Software
We just wrapped up an interview for the Security issue of Software Test and Performance.

Enterprise Security: Now, More Than Ever

Thursday December 1st 2011 11am Rated 3 0 Comments Software Development Test and QA Security
Enterprise security primarily comprising of data protection and privacy continues to be an area of focus for enterprises, be it on the production or the non-production side of the entity. Little wonder enterprise security spending remained surprisingly resistant to enterprise budget pressures even during the recent economic mayhem.

Another Software Security Testing Thought...

Thursday April 19th 2012 8am Rated 2 0 Comments Testing Security Management
Yeah!! STPCon Spring 2012 edition is just over, but still plenty of emotions and good stuff to follow up with... It was so great to have this opportunity to share and discuss with other professionals.

Software Security Testing – Are You Committed?

Thursday February 9th 2012 11am Rated 2 0 Comments Software Software Test Professionals Conference Testing Security
Looking at our products, they're filled with assets to protect; it could be sensitive data, Intellectual Property or critical functionality. Without doubt some mechanisms are already in place to protect them, but how much do you invest in testing the robustness of these mechanisms? Do you know how to evaluate the risk of having any of them unintentionally exposed?

The Potential of Load Testing in the Cloud

Monday February 1st 2010 8am Rated 2 0 Comments Interviews Security Cloud Load Technology Testing Web
Andrew Muns sits down with Tom Lounibos, the CEO of SOASTA
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Who is Watching Your Test Data?

Tuesday August 23rd 2011 12am Rated 1 0 Comments Security Management Integration Software User
Is your project looking for ways to reduce invalid defects, maintain a consistently clean testing environment, and increase the effectiveness of its development resources? Look no further than test data.
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The Power of 10

Thursday October 1st 2009 7am Rated 1 0 Comments Test and QA Security Software
In life-critical software, undiscovered bugs can be fatal. These simple rules can improve the quality and reliability of any application.
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