Who Should Attend?
- Technical Testers
- Security Testers
- Security Coordinators and Managers
- Testers
- Test Managers
Exam Details
A two-hour exam consisting of 45 questions. Candidates must achieve a grade of 60% to successfully pass the exam.
*Affiliated with TSG to deliver this course.
Objectives
- Ensure Quality Assurance measures are in place for IT systems
- Understand the best-practices in security testing
Course Content and Agenda
The course consists of six modules, spread over four days.
- Security Risks
- Information Security Policies and Procedures
- Security Auditing and its Role in Security Testing
- Introduction
- The Purpose of Security Testing
- The Organisational Context
- Security Testing Objectives
- The Scope and Coverage of Security Testing Objectives
- Security Testing Approaches
- Improving the Security Testing Practices
- Test Process Definition
- Test Planning
- Test Design
- Test Execution
- Test Evaluation
- Test Maintenance
- The role of Security Testing in a Software Lifecycle
- The role of Security Testing in Requirements
- The role of Security Testing in Design
- The role of Security Testing in Implementation Activities
- The role of Security Testing in System and Acceptance Test Activities
- The role of Security Testing in Maintenance
- System Hardening
- Authentication and Authorisation
- Encryption
- Firewalls and Network Zones
- Intrusion Detection
- Malware Scanning
- Data Obfuscation
- Training
- Understanding Attackers
- Social Engineering
- Security Awareness
