Friday, May 06, 2016

ISTQB Advanced Level Security Tester Certification Officially Available!

I am very excited to announce that the ISTQB Advanced Security Tester certification is officially available. I am the chair of the effort to write the syllabus for this certification. It took us over 5 years to complete this project. We had input from security testers worldwide.

The syllabus is not yet posted on the ASTQB web site, but it will be available there very soon. It will take training providers such as myself a while to create courses and get them accredited, but they will also be out in the marketplace in the coming weeks and months.

Cybersecurity is a very important concern for every person and organization. However, only a small percentage of companies perform continuous security testing to make sure security measures are working as designed. This certification prepares people to work at an advanced level in cybersecurity as security testers. This is a great specialty area for testers looking to branch out into a new field - or to show their knowledge as security testers.

Below is a diagram showing the topics in the certification (click to enlarge):