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Course Description

(3 days)

This course introduces attendees to the security problems associated with Web sites and how to test the security measures that have been put into place.

It will benefit IT auditors who influence and monitor web security and testing policies.

It is designed primarily for software testers and test managers who will be involved in security testing of Web sites and applications.

A good knowledge of Internet architecture and Web software testing is required before attending.

At the end of the course attendees will be able to:

• Audit a Web security policy and ensure the test requirements contained in the policy are being met;
• communicate with security professionals & external agencies where there is a requirement for detailed, focussed security
• testing;
• communicate adequately with technical personnel to ensure that the correct test or production environments are
• available;
• scope security testing and create tests, test cases and test scripts;
• understand the capabilities of simple security testing tools and make a significant contribution to tool selection;
• execute basic security tests and understand the results.