ISTQB Adv/Security Tester Certificate eLearning Course by Planit and Knowit

Develop a truly niche skillset in security testing and gain recognition as an advanced security testing professional.

Learning Outcomes

• Plan, perform and evaluate security tests from a variety of perspectives.
• Evaluate an existing security test suite and identify any additional security tests needed.
• Analyse a given set of security policies and procedures, along with security test results, to determine effectiveness.
• For a given project scenario, identify security test objectives based on functionality, technology attributes and known vulnerabilities.
• Analyse a given situation and determine which security testing approaches are most likely to succeed in that situation.
• Identify areas where additional or enhanced security testing may be needed.
• Evaluate effectiveness of security mechanisms.
• Help the organisation build information security awareness.
• Demonstrate the attacker mentality by discovering key information about a target, performing actions on a test application in a protected environment that a malicious person would perform, and understand how evidence of the attack could be deleted.
• Analyse a given interim security test status report to determine the level of accuracy, understandability, and stakeholder appropriateness.
• Analyse and document security test needs to be addressed by one or more tools.

Concepts and Terminology

• Acceptance Testing
• Application Lifecycle Model
• Asset Identification
• Attack Scenarios
• Authentication
• Authorisation
• Component Integration Testing
• Component Level
• Computer System Attacks
• Concepts and Terminology
• Data Gathering Mechanisms
• Data Obfuscation Approaches
• Encryption
• Firewall
• Human Behaviour
• Intrusion Detection Tools
• Malware Scanning Tools
• Network zones
• Open Source Tools
• Risk Assessment
• Security Audit
• Security Awareness
• Security Standards
• Security Test Evaluation
• Security Test Execution
• Security Test Maintenance
• Security Test Planning Objectives
• Security Test Reporting
• Security Testing Practices
• Security Testing Tools
• Social Engineering
• Software Lifecycle
• System Hardening
• System Testing
• Test Design
• Test Environment

Practicalities

Our online package allows for self-paced learning and the flexibility to study within your own schedule for 6 months, starting within 48 hours (in business days) from your order.

Planit Virtual Academy works best on the following browsers:

• MS Internet Explorer 10, 11
• MS Edge
• Mozilla Firefox version 45 Extended Support Release (ESR)
• Google Chrome 54
• Safari OS X
• Mobile Browser Android >4 and iOS >9

Pricing

€600+VAT excluding certificate exam

Examination

The 120 minute exam is conducted online and consists of 45 multiple choice questions, with a grade of 65% required to pass. Participants that take the exam not in their spoken language will receive an additional 25% time for a total of 150 minutes.

We recommend that you take the certificate exam after the course, and book and pay your own exam either in paper-based format or in e-exam from FiSTB https://fistb.fi/en/istqb-certifications-english-test/istqb-certification-exams/