Security Testing – Love it or Hate it but you can’t Ignore it

Security testing is fast becoming a significant market opportunity on its own

Industry pundits agree that security testing is becoming a significant market opportunity on its own. IDC's research points exactly to this growth. In a research on QA in application outsourcing, one of the questions IDC asked to about 500 qualified respondents from across the world - Please select the top two specialized Quality Assurance (QA) services your organization uses or would consider using in the next 24 months; about 35% of the respondents named security testing.

And why not?

Whether we like it or not, today we are witness to four major evolutions that make security testing a necessity. Social media is here to stay, and security teams must continue to balance real business needs with the risks and threats, mobile devices are becoming more common, more important and more complex, the human factor continues to be the biggest lacuna in all security programs and last but not the least Domain Name System (DNS) which provides one of the most critical functions on the Internet also has inherent structural risks.

Security testing market is fast evolving so much so that today Gartner advises security managers to anticipate and plan for security-as-a-service offerings from technology providers. Security-as-a-service functions can result in lower costs and more-rapid implementation when applied appropriately.