Phase 12 · Security & Accessibility Testing
TopicsOWASP Top 10 for Testers
Part of the QA Testing Roadmap.
Summary
The most widely referenced list of critical web application security risks — a tester doesn't need deep security expertise, but should recognize these categories well enough to flag obvious issues.
How to Learn This
- 1Read the current OWASP Top 10 list and identify 2 categories most relevant to your testing work.
- 2Learn to recognize basic signs of SQL injection or XSS vulnerability during exploratory testing.
- 3Understand this is baseline awareness, not full security testing expertise.
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