What Security Functions Should You Outsource Now
                     
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What Security Functions Should 
You Outsource Now?


Outsourced software testing, is a common form of QA
activity being carried out in the western hemisphere.
Software companies in that region usually try out this
'outsourced' form of software testing to reduce their
costs and to save their time.

The idea is that if a software tester asks for $50 to the
hour for testing projects, the outsourced work should
apparently cost a lot less than that. So that would be
more possible in terms of overall costs acquired for the
particular project.

Outsourced software testing does have multiple benefits
and many drawbacks as well. The biggest benefit, apart
from reducing cost is that you get a second opinion about
your software project from a neutral party.

A person who is most probably living in a completely
different environment can give you an insight into your
system from a QA point of view and that can, in fact, help
you in developing your system.


This Article Will Address The Top Five Cyber Security Measures That Businesses
Should Outsource.

Security Monitoring Services

One of the common fundamental services within information security is controlling your systems. Building your own security
operations centre to manage comprehensive monitoring and alerting services can need a lot of cash and bandwidth to run as
an in-house operation. Selecting to outsource this service is common among companies and a common service provided by
managed security services providers (MSSP). Luckily, there is an MSSP for any size business and budget, so even smaller
companies can decide to outsource their security monitoring services.


Responding to Security Threats

After confirming your security monitoring system, it’s necessary to determine how you will respond to
possible security threats. It is beneficial to outsource this special service to a firm who specializes in security
threats, making your business’s response to an incident more organized and useful.


Network Penetration Testing

Whether internal or external, network penetration testing is a best practice security measure that all
businesses must adhere to. In most cases, it tends to be a compliance framework and customer contractual
agreement demand. One particular plus for outsourcing security testing’s is the added advantage of an
objective outsider running the tests. Using an external party to run network penetration testing is often a
demand for constructional and compliance agreements as well.


Effectively Outsourcing Software Testing

As demand for quality, up-to-speed software increases, so does the requirement for software testing
companies to focus on software testing. This significant factor in software development is often overlooked,
which is unfortunate because in today's market client expectations are high. They need their software to
perform flawlessly, every time without fail.


As simple as that answer appears to be, it can be a challenging sell to the developing organization. Pros and cons
for both sides exist, and organizations that have always done their own testing might not even know where to
begin in the outsourcing process.

Part of this difficulty (and a con to outsourcing) stems from the fact that there is simply no standardized
software testing methodology across all industries, so a company considering outsourcing should be skeptical
regarding the kind of work it can expect from the qa outsourcing vendor.