Editing Software testing (section)

=== Security testing ===

[[Security testing]] is essential for software that processes confidential data to prevent [[Backdoor (computing)|system intrusion]] by [[Hacker (computer security)|hackers]].

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines this as a "type of testing conducted to evaluate the degree to which a test item, and associated data and information, are protected so that unauthorised persons or systems cannot use, read or modify them, and authorized persons or systems are not denied access to them."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.iso.org/standard/45142.html |title=ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-1:2013 – Software and Systems Engineering – Software Testing – Part 1 – Concepts and Definitions |publisher=International Organization for Standardization |chapter=Section 4.38 |access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref>