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You're reading from Practical Security Automation and Testing Tools and techniques for automated security scanning and testing in DevSecOps

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789802023

Length 256 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

JMeter

Concepts

Application Security

Author (1):

Tony Hsiang-Chih Hsu

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. The Scope and Challenges of Security Automation FREE CHAPTER

2. Integrating Security and Automation

3. Secure Code Inspection

4. Sensitive Information and Privacy Testing

5. Security API and Fuzz Testing

6. Web Application Security Testing

7. Android Security Testing

8. Infrastructure Security

9. BDD Acceptance Security Testing

10. Project Background and Automation Approach

11. Automated Testing for Web Applications

12. Automated Fuzz API Security Testing

13. Automated Infrastructure Security

14. Managing and Presenting Test Results

15. Summary of Automation Security Testing Tips

16. List of Scripts and Tools

17. Solutions

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Automation testing framework

We have introduced the automation framework for the functional web, mobile, and Windows UI testing. We also introduced the adoption of BDD framework with security testing. In terms of the layers of automation approaches, white-box testing, API testing, and Web UI automation are also demonstrated. We will list key questions and answers regarding tips concerning security automation techniques.

What are the automation frameworks for UI functional testing?

The following table lists common automation frameworks for Web UI functional testing:

Automation frameworks

Macaca

AutoIT

Selenium

Appium

Sikuli

Testing target

Mobile (iOS and Android)

Web UI

Windows applications

Web UI

Mobile

(iOS/Android...

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Authors (1)

Hsu

Tony Hsiang-Chih Hsu is a senior security architect, software development manager, and project manager with more than 20 years' experience in security services technology. He has extensive experience of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) in relation to activities including secure architecture/design review, secure code review, threat modeling, automated security testing, and cloud service inspection. He is also an in-house SDL trainer, having offered hands-on courses totaling in more than 300 hours. He is also the author of Hands-on Security in DevOps, and a co-author of several Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) projects, including the OWASP testing guide, a proactive control guide, deserialization, cryptographic, and the XXE prevention cheatsheet.

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