Sylvia Killinen
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11 years 5 monthsSylvia Killinen is a QA Engineer with an interest in security and privacy. Her favorite role is to seek vulnerabilities and flaws in both product and process, seeking better testing, performed more skillfully, to more accurate results.
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Integrating Security and Testing PracticesQA and information security use different methods to approach the same goals. When both groups work together, they can make a greater impact on the security of our products. Here's how the QA team can collaborate with infosec to implement strong security standards, prioritize what to test, and obtain quicker feedback on processes, ultimately seeing fewer production incidents related to security. |
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Using the Principles of the CIA Triad to Implement Software Security If you're starting or improving a security program for your software, you probably have questions about the requirements that define security. Data need to be complete and trustworthy, and also accessible on demand, but only to the right people. The CIA triad defines three principles—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—that help you focus on the right security priorities. |
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How to Talk about Security Testing without Scaring People When it came to security testing, Sylvia Killinen noted that her company's most frequent difficulty wasn't the testing itself. Instead, it was the communication that provided problems, in part because of the words used to explain what would be performed. If you take care with how you describe your process, you may get more support while executing tests and repairing systems. |