5 reasons why Quality assurance should include security testing?

5 reasons why Quality assurance should include security testing? When a software product or application is being developed, all the crucial aspects such as functionality, performance, scalability, user experience and usability that defines the product are evaluated methodically. But, without a secured product, the chances of the product gaining customer attention can be comparatively less. Hence, a product or application that is fully secure and built according to the application security standards can expect a decent constructive impact in the market as customers want their application or product to be secured. In this article, you will get to know the five reasons that justify the inclusion of security testing in the quality assurance domain.

Following are the five reasons that justify the inclusion of security testing in the quality assurance domain: The QA role is scaled up

Focused on developing a high-quality application

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Proves to be cost-effective

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Brand image might get impacted

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Following are the five reasons

Avoiding lawsuits

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1. Proves to be cost-effective: It is not always advisable to have a separate team of professionals for carrying out security testing. With advanced automated testing that can detect and monitor vulnerabilities, QA teams are able to manage security testing activities. The complex compliance needs of an application can be easily addressed with many automated tools that comply with PCI DSS and GDPR requirements. A proper scan can be performed by isolated security teams, but, an advanced understanding of the tool and how it can tackle and solve complex security issues need to be carefully analyzed and understood. 2. Focused on developing a high-quality application: The team should always strive to build a high-end software application that is of the best quality because the security aspects will also be taken care of while the product is being built. The QA testing is an integral part of the QA framework and hence the application is tested in order to confirm whether the application is secure and thus a high-quality application can be released. Basic areas are encompassed by many use cases of security testing such as cookies, session timeouts, logins, permissions and password encryption all the way to bypassing existing controls. All the above-mentioned information comes under the purview of a secure application. 3. The QA role is scaled up: Keeping the security processes and practices into perspective, the team involved in SDLC activity must be able to meet certain requirements that are in line with testing the application vulnerabilities from a security point of view. The QA team must check if there are any vulnerabilities in the client-side or server-side security, system software and network. The necessary training should be given to the QA team so that they can adopt security testing processes and methods. Even if the QA team does not have any practical knowledge of application security, they must be encouraged to at least learn the basics of application security from an implementation standpoint. If there are some really complex security-related challenges that need to be solved, then security specialists can always be relied upon. 4. Brand image might get impacted: Imagine a scenario, where an organization that has put in a huge lot of effort to build a user-friendly application has been breached. The hacker has stolen the precious customer data that was available in the application. The first point is the organization in question should be held responsible and pay a heavy fine if need be required. The second point is the organization’s brand in the market that gets impacted negatively, which, in turn, will slip the revenue margin to diminishing returns. Any profit-based organization wouldn’t be happy with that. Hence, the QA team must ensure that a robust, foolproof and secured application should be built. This can only happen when security testing is strategically implemented during the product development stages. 5. Avoiding lawsuits: Apt implementation of security testing will help the company to avoid any possible lawsuits. When an application has been breached or has been hacked, then legal work are bound to happen. Hence, to avoid any sort of legal lawsuits, which can in fact spoil the organization’s reputation, the QA team must put in the right expertise and have a strategic plan to implement security testing activities in the application development process by using well-suited security testing tools.

CONCLUSION If you are looking forward to implementing security testing for your specific project, then do get connected with a top-notch software testing services company that will provide you with a comprehensive testing roadmap that is in line with your project specific requirements.

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