security-testing
Safeguard articles tagged "security-testing" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
39 articles
Hacking Tools Explained: What Every Defender Should Understand
A hacking tool is only as good or bad as its operator. Here is how defenders should think about the tools attackers use, and how to turn them into a defensive advantage.
What Is VAPT? A Practical Guide to Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
VAPT combines automated vulnerability assessment with hands-on penetration testing. Here is what each half actually does and how to run VAPT that finds real risk.
Security Testing for LLM-Powered Applications
Applications built on large language models introduce novel attack surfaces that traditional security testing does not cover. This guide addresses the specific testing methodologies needed for LLM applications.
What is Red Teaming
Red teaming emulates a real adversary to test not just your defenses but your ability to detect and respond. Here's how it works and how it differs from a pentest.
What is a Security Audit
A security audit is an evidence-based check that your controls actually meet a standard. Here's the process, the main frameworks, and how it differs from a pentest.
What is Fuzzing
Fuzzing feeds programs malformed input at machine speed to trigger crashes and expose memory-safety bugs. Here's how fuzz testing works and why it matters.
Security Testing for Data Pipelines: A Practical Guide
Data pipelines ingest, transform, and move sensitive information across systems. Here is how to identify and address the security risks that traditional application testing misses.
What is RASP
RASP runs inside an application and blocks attacks in real time, from the inside out. Here's how it works, how it differs from a WAF, and where it fits.
What is IAST
IAST instruments a running application from the inside to find vulnerabilities with very low false positives. Here's how it works and how it compares to SAST and DAST.
What is Security Testing
Security testing is how teams find exploitable weaknesses before attackers do. Here's the main types — SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, fuzzing, pentesting — and how they fit together.
Automated Security Testing in CI/CD Pipelines
A hands-on guide to embedding SAST, SCA, secret scanning, and container analysis into your CI/CD pipeline without making builds unbearably slow.
Property-Based Testing for Security: Defining Invariants That Must Never Break
Property-based testing defines invariants about program behavior and generates thousands of test cases automatically. For security code, the right properties can catch vulnerabilities that example-based tests miss.
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