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Software Test Design

You're reading from   Software Test Design Write comprehensive test plans to uncover critical bugs in web, desktop, and mobile apps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804612569
Length 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Preparing to Test
2. Chapter 1: Making the Most of Exploratory Testing FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Writing Great Feature Specifications 4. Chapter 3: How to Run Successful Specification Reviews 5. Chapter 4: Test Types, Cases, and Environments 6. Part 2 – Functional Testing
7. Chapter 5: Black-Box Functional Testing 8. Chapter 6: White-Box Functional Testing 9. Chapter 7: Testing of Error Cases 10. Chapter 8: User Experience Testing 11. Chapter 9: Security Testing 12. Chapter 10: Maintainability 13. Part 3 – Non-Functional Testing
14. Chapter 11: Destructive Testing 15. Chapter 12: Load Testing 16. Chapter 13: Stress Testing 17. Conclusion
18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix – Example Feature Specification

Running a bug bounty program

Security testing is one area that is particularly easy to outsource. You should keep up to date with the latest security warnings that affect your application, but you can also apply for ethical hackers to try to find weaknesses in your application. Running a bug bounty program requires an investment of your time to answer the reports and a budget to make payments for valid discoveries. However, it is a quick way to get feedback and alternative points of view on your application’s security. You can advertise your program on common forums and your site, and part of being a researcher is finding those adverts.

Security researchers should be familiar with the latest tools and know how to check for the latest vulnerabilities. This can save you time to concentrate on other aspects of product testing without having to recruit someone and make the long-term commitment of paying their salary. Researchers are particularly good at finding common problems...

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