By Elvira Khusainova, Senior Test Automation Engineer at Deutsche Telekom ITTC Hungary "Ukhuseleko akuyona ibhizinisi. It is a mindset - futhi ukuhlolwa kuyinto lapho kuqala." - Elvira Khusainova Ngo-2025, kungekho isizukulwana lapho isicelo yakho ye-mobile isivakashi. Yini engathandeki kuyinto —Uma abantu abacwaningi bayibiza imibuzo enhle (ukuguqulwa). how early in the process those breaches could’ve been stopped Those abantu? Ngaphezu kwalokho, zihlanganisa izimboni ze-QA. Futhi ngaphezulu kwama-imeyili new identity: part tester, part ethical hacker. I-Tester Who Thinks Like I-Attackers I-QA ye-traditional ibonelela ngokuvumelana nezimo ezikhishwe. Kodwa lokhu kune-half of the story. Yini uma umsebenzisi akuyona kuphela umugqa-but a opponent? "Ukuhlolwa okuvumela kuphela into Isizukulwane esiyingqayizivele. Isizukulwane esiyingqayizivele kufanele sincoma futhi “Elvira wathi. Ukusebenza Kuthintela Kwi-Deutsche Telekom, Elvira usihlanganisa i-selenium-based UI automation ne-OWASP ZAP, i-Burp Suite, i-Postman, namathuluzi efana ne-Metasploit. I-test scripts yayo akuyona kuphela ama-buttons - ama-simulate ama-brute-force attacks, ukulawula i-JWT ezingenalutho, futhi i-Fuzz API ye-XSS ne-CSRF amaphuzu. QA Izinsiza Zihlanganisa Izinsiza zokhuseleko Ukubonisa ukucindezeleka kwe-trend: Izinkomba zokuhlola kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-QA zithunyelwe izici ezingenalutho ze-penetration testers. Ngokuvamile ku-Elvira, izixhobo eziningi ezisetshenziswe kumadivayisi we-QA manje zihlanganisa njengezinsizakalo zokhuseleko. Ngiyazi ukuthi isixazululo esiyingene ngokuvamile: I-Selenium WebDriver iyatholakala ukulayishwa kwe-UI - kodwa manje isetshenziselwa ngokuvamile kanye ne-OWASP ZAP noma i-Playwright ngenxa yokuhlola okuhlobene. I-Postman, isikhunta se-API, isetshenziswa ngokuvamile ne-Hoppscotch noma i-Burp Suite ukuze zihlanganise ukufinyelela okungagunyaziwe noma ukuhlolwa kwama-injection. I-Jenkins ne-GitLab CI akuyona kuphela ukuhlolwa okuzenzakalelayo - manje zihlola izivivinyo zokhuseleko zihlanganisa njenge-OWASP Dependency Check njengesigaba se-build process. Ukuphumelela i-BDD nge-threat modeling, ukuguqulwa ama-user stories ku-attack trees ezingenalutho ngaphambi kokuqala umbhalo wokubhalisa. I-AI isizinda ukuguqulwa Kwesikhathi esidlulile yamaqembu wakhe, i-Elvira ivela ukusetshenziswa kwe- Ukubonisa izimpendulo zokusebenza zokusebenza. Lezi zihlanganisa kuphela ukuhlolwa-ukubuyekezwa-ukubuyekezwa kwezimpendulo. LLMs to generate attack simulations "Sihlola i-Agent ye-GPT yendawo ku-exploit data edlule. Yenza ukubonisa imiphumela ye-edge-cases ye-regression suite ethu eyenziwe iminyaka eminingi." Ngiyazi kanjani i-AI iyahambisana ne-QA strategy yayo: I-Automatic Generation ye-Malignant User Flows Ukuguqulwa kwe-auto-requirements ku-attack trees Ukusebenza kwe-user simulated ngaphansi kwe-duress (i-load + i-intrusion) I-QA-Security Culture Gap Nangona izinzuzo, kunezinye isixazululo. Izinhlelo ezininzi zihlanganisa ukhuseleko ezivamile. Elvira ukhangela ukuthi lokhu iyahlekile: "Uma isikhathi sokubuyekezwa kwebhizinisi, kunzima kakhulu. QA kufanele akhiqize ukhuseleko ukusuka usuku lokuqala." Ukulungiswa kwe-cross-training, ukunikela ama-testers abesifazane ku-Kali Linux noma i-OWASP Juice Shop, kanye nokuvimbela . basic threat modeling into agile sprint planning Yini kuqala? I-Elvira ibonise futha lapho: Konke QA umkhakha uyazi indlela yokuhlanza ukucindezeleka I-CI pipelines akugqoka okungase kuphela ku-functions eyenziwe, kodwa ku-port eyenziwe noma i-auth eqinile Ukuphepha kwenziwa isixazululo esihlalweni, akuyona i-handoff Iphrojekthi yakho elilandelayo? Incubation Ngena ngemva , futhi Ukusuka ku-Enterprise release cycles. accessibility testing performance under exploit secure-by-default test frameworks Umqondo wokugqibela I-Testers iyona abacwaningi be-user experience. Ngo-2025, abacwaningi be-trust, i-data, ne-uptime. It is not just about “does it work?” more. It is about “can it break us?” Ngiyaxolisa QA should be asking first.

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