Skip to main content
 
us

  • Increase Speed to Market
    Deliver quality quicker by optimising your delivery pipeline, removing bottlenecks, getting faster feedback from customers and iterating quickly.

  • Enhance Customer Experience
    Delight your customers in every digital interaction by optimising system quality and performance to provide a smooth, speedy and seamless user experience.

  • Maximise Your Investment
    Realise a positive ROI sooner and maximise your investment by focusing your energy on high-value features, reducing waste, and finding and fixing defects early.
  • The Wellington City Council (WCC) wanted to deliver quality outcomes without breaking the bank. Find out how Planit’s fast and flexible resources helped WCC achieve this goal.

this is a test Who We Are Landing Page


ISTQB Security Tester Certificate

Learn how to embed security in your systems by gaining a better understanding of security testing.

Online Self-Study
$1,000

In-House Training
Get A Quote

ISTQB Security Tester Certificate

Learn how to embed security in your systems by gaining a better understanding of security testing.

Online Self-Study
$1,000

In-House Training
Get A Quote

ISTQB Security Tester Certificate

Learn how to embed security in your systems by gaining a better understanding of security testing.

  • Online Self-Study
    $1,000

  • In-House Training
    Get A Quote

Book Now
Contact US
Back to Courses

Develop a truly niche skillset in security testing!

Want to develop your expertise in security testing? In this ISTQB® Security Tester course, you will learn how to plan, perform and evaluate security tests from a variety of perspectives, including policy, risk, standards, requirements and vulnerability.

By the conclusion of ISTQB Security Tester, you will be able to align security test activities with project lifecycle activities, and analyse effectiveness of risk assessment techniques. You will also be able to determine the best security test tools based on specified needs.

CONTACT     BOOK NOW

Target Audience

ISTQB Security Tester Certificate is designed for:

  • Experienced Testers wanting to differentiate themselves with skills in security testing.
  • Security Testers wanting to advance and align their skills with industry best practice.
  • Security Testers wanting to accredit their security testing skills for recognition among employers, clients and peers.
 

Course Pre-requisites

Candidates wishing to participate in the ISTQB Security Tester couse must possess the ISTQB Foundation Level certification (or higher), some experience in technical testing, and a level of exposure to security testing.

What You’ll Learn

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.

Course Overview

  • The Basis of Security Testing
  • Security Testing Purposes, Goals and Strategies
  • Security Testing Processes
  • Security Testing Throughout the Software Lifecycle
  • Testing Security Mechanisms
  • Human Factors in Security Testing
  • Security Test Evaluation and Reporting
  • Security Testing Tools
  • Standards and Industry Trends
Request A Free Info Pack Download Info Pack

Online Self-Study

Any Time

Self-paced at a third of the price

$1,000

Book Now

In-House Training

Upskill your team with training delivered in your office or at a location that is convenient for you

Get A Quote

Thanks for your interest in our In House TrainingWe will need to collect some details so we can give you accurate pricing information.

Today
Yes, I would like to receive information from Planit.
Information you submit may be stored - read our Privacy Policy.
* Mandatory information needed.

What is included with this course?

    Inclusions

Instructor Led Training

Online Self-Study

 

4 Days' Training

 

4 days of training with a certified industry professional.

Course Manual

 

250+ page comprehensive course manual.

Pass Guarantee

On the rare occasion a student doesn’t pass, they can re-attend the course for FREE within 6 months (excludes exam re-sits).

Revision Questions

End of each module revision questions.

Practice Exam

Full mock exam.

$175 Off Voucher

Attendees receive a $175 off voucher for their next course. Conditions apply.

Online Version

12 months access to the online self-study course after attending the instructor led one. Extensions are only $150 for an additional 3 months.

ISTQB Security Tester Examination ($240)

This ISTQB Security Tester exam is conducted online, comprised of 45 multiple choice questions, with a pass mark grade of 65% to be completed within 120 minutes. Participants that take the exam not in their spoken language, will receive additional 25% time, and will have 30 minutes more, or a total of 150 min.

Get Expert Course Advice

Want to develop your expertise in security testing? Find out how you can embed security in your systems by gaining a better understanding of security testing.

Featured Insights

Get Expert Course Advice

Want to develop your expertise in security testing? Find out how you can embed security in your systems by gaining a better understanding of security testing.