Re: Security Testing

["Kevin Spett" <kspett () spidynamics com>]

While all developers should be aware of security issues and do their best to
harden what they build, I recommend that the security testing team be
seperate from the development team if possible.  Security testing is a
specialized skill that requires full-time dedication and experience to
acquire proficiency with.  Also, people are less likely to find bugs in
their own work, which is one of the reasons that normal QA should be
seperate from development.


Kevin.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ramirez, Manuel N (CORP, DDEMESIS)" <Manuel.Ramirez () ddemesis ge com>
To: <webappsec () securityfocus com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:09 PM
Subject: Security Testing



Hi everybody,
I was wondering if some of you have some papers regarding web applications
security testing. I'm working on a CMM iniciative and we are planning to
include a security testing phase so every new developed application is
security-error free.

Would you recommend every development team to perform security testing or
it's better to have a group of experienced people doing these activities for
all of the developed applications?

Best regards,
Manuel