Testing In The Pub Episode 20 – The 3 Epiphanies Of Security Testing

Declan O’Riordan, Dan Ashby, Stephen Janaway

Testing in The Pub

Welcome back to Testing In the Pub.

We’ve got a great interview to start our new season of podcasts. We talk to Declan O’Riordan about his 3 epiphanies of security testing over a pint of Guinness.

Perhaps you’ve seen Declan talking at a conference over the past year – his presentations on security testing have been really well received and at his debut EuroSTAR conference speaking opportunity in 2014 he won the prize for best conference paper and was voted the session delegates would most like repeated with ‘The What? Why? Who? And How? Of Application Security’.

Declan subsequently won the prize for best conference paper at the STAR East conference in 2015 with ‘Security Testing: What Testers Can Do’ as well. He knows more than a bit about security testing 🙂

So sit back and have a listen. Cheers!

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About Me!

Stephen Janaway, Net-A-Porter, UK

Stephen Janaway has been involved with software testing for over 14 years, starting as a Test Engineer and has worked in various Test and Delivery Management roles for a variety of companies. Currently he’s a Test Manager focusing on mobile and web testing, test automation and software delivery optimisation. Previously he’s worked for three of the major mobile device manufacturers, as well as advising a number of mobile application developers on testing and delivery strategies.
Stephen loves talking to others about software testing, test techniques and the mobile device and application world in general. You can contact him on Twitter (@stephenjanaway) or via his blog (www.stephenjanaway.co.uk).

Dan Ashby, Net-A-Porter, UK

Dan Ashby has been a software tester for around 9 years, testing a huge variety of software ranging from printer drivers to mobile apps and mobile sites (and everything in between). He is an advocate for context driven testing and utilises an Exploratory Testing approach along with SBTM.

Dan currently works for Net-A-Porter in the “Testing Services” team, where his main duties are to aid, support, inspire and give ideas on testing processes, techniques and tools to the rest of the test team with in Net-A-Porter.


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