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A Corsaire White Paper:
Security Testing Web Applications through Automated Software Tests

Author: Stephen de Vries
Document Reference:
Security Testing Web Applications through Automated Software Test v1.0.doc
Document Revision: 1.0
Date: 31 May 2006

    Testing software during the development phase has become an important part of the development life cycle and is key to the agile methodologies. Code quality and maintainability is increased by throughout the project. But these test are typically only focused on the functionality requirements of the application, and rarely include security tests. Implementing security in the unit testing cycle means investing more in developer awareness of security and how to test for security issues, and less in specialized external resources. This is a long-term investment that can vastly improve the overall quality of software, and reduce the number of vulnerabilities in web applications, and consequently, the associated risks.