Analysis of Different Software Security Testing Techniques, Benefits, Challenges and Life Cycle

Abstract

Security testing is the software testing technique which makes sure that the system or application software which is developed is free from security threats and cannot be hacked by the hacker. Once an application or software us developed, once the final product is tested for all its functions, components etc it is also important to test for its privacy and security. If the system is not secure enough, then it can easily be attacked and hacked and all the sensitive data and information will be exploited by the hacker and use them in their favour. There are variety of security testing which will be discussed in this paper. The security testing has few requirements like testing the integrity, confidentiality, authorisation, availability etc. The security elements of the system depend upon the security features being implemented in the system so the testing process will also be different for each system. The various techniques and approaches can be explained by Security taxonomy. The paper will discuss elements of security testing, methodologies, pros and cons of security testing, etc.