What does a security tester do?

What is the salary of software security tester?

How is it different from coder or quality assurance person?

I am a senior software developer, and I can do coding, but what is the difference between a tester and QIs it different skills, or only because of the testing tools? It depends on what the employer will consider as a test. In my previous company we only used manual testing (with QTP, Selenium) and there were several QA testers. But also there were other testers that did not test the UI. One of them just verified the functionality of the software for non-IT people.

If you want to be called a 'tester', then be ready to do more than just manually checking the software, like automated tests with tools such as Selenium or TestComplete. But sometimes it also depends on your skills, especially if your role was originally intended for other people, but now it is needed for your skill set.

It is different skills. QA is testing by manual means whereas Tester is testing by automated means, the difference being at least partially the tools involved in the testing and the fact that some tests are done on live systems, while others are done with test data.

The salary differs per location and company size. The size of the company has a bearing on the salary as well as the geographical area of working.

I have an interview with a company and they asked me about the salary. What is this difference in salary is that high

Or it is normal to pay a person as same as coder

The difference is usually due to different economies. In US market most of the companies are using "per mile / per hour" formula. On the other hand in UK and Europe the salary structure is completely different. In all cases it depends upon the experience of an individual person. You can also check this. If you are asking why a company in USA needs 3 people for one function which they can get in an UK by a single person - that's the economy of scale.

I'm from India. I work india and if you're saying that their salaries are lower than those in uk and us, then I don't agree.

I believe that their salaries are very reasonable. In the software industry, salary is mostly based on experience.

What does a security tester do?

The security tester will evaluate the information and systems of a customer to identify ways the system can be exploited, as well as any security weaknesses within the company that the customer's systems could be exploited.

They are usually working with the information stored on the system and how these data are protected to find out how the data are used as well as what data have already been lost. This allows the security tester to keep their security credentials and passwords safe by not telling them to anyone, as well as not giving anyone else those credentials, such as social media information, phone numbers, addresses, etc.

Is there more to security testing than I know about? Not really, it is just the basic testing procedures that you would see within many businesses, or government bodies. It is mostly checking to make sure that the information is stored securely to ensure that if someone breaks into a system they can't do damage, or break in. When performing web-based testing, they would check the website and see if anyone can access to the site as you normally would do to check a website.

Where do you start? There are many different ways to test a computer, the first thing I would do is identify the problem. For example, to say 'I can't run Windows 10 because I can't see the login screen'. Once you have identified the problem you want to start to work out why the computer isn't working properly. You will probably want to start off with an operating system that may be safe for you. Many computer users like to use the latest OS which is often not secure enough for your needs, so when running a system for myself I always boot into an earlier version of the OS. It usually ends up that there is a virus that is blocking the screen at the login screen. So I simply bypass it and get in! It's important to be careful not to use a computer if you don't know exactly where everything is located. A good example would be you are sitting in an important meeting and you come back to your computer and the screen is blank and you get in! I can guarantee that everyone is looking at you wondering what the problem is. The important part is, make sure that it is important you do not turn your computer on while someone else is also using it.

How long it will take to learn security testing?

I understand that we need to learn the fundamentals of security testing and then learn how to build a methodical approach towards the field.

Can you give me your view on time line for acquiring knowledge in security testing? You can't know but my first advice is not learn it too fast, instead let yourself become more and more interested in the topic because after that you will find your way through. The first thing you should do is go and read something. There is so much security related stuff that you need to learn that by reading articles it will help you immensely. I have never tried security testing but if I would start, this article was really helpful . A great example how much research you need is that for you to understand any subject in depth, you should read at least 50% of it's Wikipedia article, and most of my experience with security in software has been gained from my own experiences of being an end user or by reading those Wikipedia articles.

How much do security pentesters make?

There's a very common misconception that I encounter quite a bit whenever someone inquires about the salary range of a penetration testing or ethical hacking consultant, which is this line: Oh no!

Who does? The problem with this line of thought is, it's quite false and often downright dangerous. To prove this, let's take a look at my resume - and all of my experience on Glassdoor.

I started my career in 2024 as an IT professional working for what was then a Fortune 50 company doing network monitoring and network security, eventually rising up to Director of Security. In 2024, shortly after becoming a part of a small startup working on cloud security and security management, I found myself on-site for a week in Prague for a client who was getting more and more interested in the security business. I became more and more intrigued and had some friends around town telling me about a company called PentestLab that was looking for IT security and pentest consultant.

On a whim I took a flight to Prague and did a couple hours of due diligence, meeting and interviewing a couple members of the team, including one of them, who was going to handle our visas. Once the visa issue was settled and we all met up together in the same little coworking space, it seemed like a great fit. I accepted the offer and moved my family to Prague, starting on April Fool's Day, 2024 and being there till now.

This is not an easy thing to find out on your own where to start your job search and in the beginning I didn't even have any experience, let alone be experienced at networking (I wasn't even really sure about what networking or cyber-security was, besides the usual high-level terms) but I knew that I would love it and I am extremely glad that I jumped on this whole career change. I've already been lucky enough to work and socialize with some of the best people I know in this community and it was something that gave me a lot of motivation.

The funny thing is that when I go back to looking for employment, I always receive similar questions. This shows that the question is very often more concerned about finding out how long I've been doing this than what kind of experience I'm bringing to a company.