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Susan Congiu

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Susan Congiu ([email protected]), a graduate of the University of Connecticut and member of the QANA, has diversified as a Network Administrator, System Test Engineer, and an Oracle DBA. Her consulting projects and interests include test tools, web security, database technologies, compatibility and configuration testing.

Company
Pitney Bowes
Industry
Business Services - Consulting - Non-profit
Interests
Defect or Incident Management
Design and Architecture
Measurement and Estimating
Requirements
Security Testing
Software Testing
Country
United States

Susan Congiu ([email protected]), a graduate of the University of Connecticut and member of the QANA, has diversified as a Network Administrator, System Test Engineer, and an Oracle DBA. Her consulting projects and interests include test tools, web security, database technologies, compatibility and configuration testing.

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Security Testing Fundamentals

Security testing requires a wealth of systems knowledge which combined with policy needs to be captured early on in the design phase. System Testers need to validate authentication, integrity, privacy, non-repudiation, and availability. This presentation highlights test areas needing focus including server, client, PKI, tools, OSI, protocols, network, DMZ, VPN, and viruses. The key is to make the team aware of the potential for vulnerabilities while assessing risk as part of your test process.

PKI Systems Test: Initial Test Planning and Long-Term Strategy

This unique test plan will not only examine your PKI from a detailed test case molecular perspective but also with a broad overview meaning to look at your holistic Web architecture. To ensure true Web security we require privacy, authenticity, integrity, and availability. Furthermore, a solid long-term strategy with vision should be signed off on to ensure that legal aspects can be handled if your server is somehow compromised.