Security Testing

Security Testing

Security testing involves testing a software in order to identify any flaws and gaps from security and vulnerability point of view. Listed below are the main aspects that security testing should ensure −

 

• Confidentiality
• Integrity
• Authentication
• Availability
• Authorization
• Non-repudiation
• Software is secure against known and unknown vulnerabilities
• Software data is secure
• Software is according to all security regulations
• Input checking and validation
• SQL insertion attacks
• Injection flaws
• Session management issues
• Cross-site scripting attacks
• Buffer overflows vulnerabilities
• Directory traversal attacks