What is Security Testing?
Businesses and governments are highly impacted by the increasing number of cyber attacks and threats in today’s virtual world. Such attacks mainly target the customers’ data the organization serves. Therefore, there is a constant need to ensure the organization’s security. This is where Security Testing plays a crucial role. Security Testing is a form of software testing performed to evaluate the security of a system or application. Security testing ensures the system’s safety from hackers, viruses, or cyber threats. Such protection can only be achieved by analyzing the system against all security-related expectations. Security testing ensures that the application, network, server and/or database is free of security flaws. It is a part of a BlackBox software testing methodology, which uses fuzzing and code reviews. Security testing can be done manually or by using automated tools. Security testing is an essential part of the software testing process and should not be ...