CHAPTER 1
Why Perform Security Testing?
In this chapter, we will cover:
• Compliance
• Types of security testing
• Identifying goals
People who hear security testing may well think it means the same thing as penetration testing. Since I bring it up, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that they are not the same thing. In fact, penetration testing is a small and potentially insignificant element of the broader field of security testing. There are number of ways of approaching security testing, and the approach should, ideally, be guided by what the overall objectives you have and what your attitude is toward security testing. Security testing is a very broad idea that we’ll talk about in more detail later on. In short, security testing ...
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