Software Testing in Regulated Industries: A Beginner's Guide
Master regulated software testing by applying compliance standards like GDPR and OWASP, executing audit-ready documentation, and utilizing traceability tools to ensure legal and operational integrity in healthcare, finance, and telecommunications.
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Lesson 1: Testing in regulated and non-regulated spaces: A comparison
- Recognize the differences between testing in regulated and non-regulated industries
- Differentiate between the specifics of regulated and non-regulated industries
Lesson 2: Exploring regulated domains: Banking, healthcare, and beyond
- Identify key regulated industries and their unique testing requirements.
- Research cases where regulated industries were ill-defined with negative outcomes
Lesson 3: Data protection essentials - navigating GDPR and global regulations
- Recognize the importance of data and privacy regulation and their importance in regulated industries
- Assess the impact of data privacy regulations on testing in a given scenario
- Apply GDPR principles to ensure compliance in software testing activities
- Recognise that there are numerous data protection laws all around the world
Lesson 4: Test planning and traceability in regulated industries
- Recognise the importance of a more detailed approach to managing testing in regulated domains
- Set up a test plan using a test management tool
- Set up traceability between the test management tool and the requirements
Lesson 5: Hard evidence: Compliance through test reporting and evidence management
- Understand why we could be legally required to store evidence of performed testing activities
- Generate reports that satisfy legal and regulatory requirements
- Analyze the importance of storing and maintaining test evidence in regulated industries
Lesson 6: Preparing for audits, essentials for testers in regulated industries
- Explain why audits and assessments are important in regulated industries
Lesson 7: Security testing in regulated industries - a legal must-have
- Understand why, in regulated domains, security testing is often required by law
- Apply OWASP principles to ensure compliance with legal standards
Lesson 8: What's next
- Apply your newly gained understanding when starting as a tester in a regulated domain
- Plan how to improve your contributions to testing in a regulated domain
- Recognise how emerging AI regulations may shape testing work in regulated industries
- Develop a career progression strategy in the regulated software testing domain
Are you looking to break into regulated industries like healthcare, finance, or telecom? This course is your gateway. You’ll explore the key differences between testing in regulated and non-regulated environments, gaining a clear understanding of compliance essentials like GDPR and OWASP. Through hands-on experience, you'll become proficient with tools for test planning, evidence management, and audit preparation.
Ideal for testers new to these sectors, this course equips you with the practical skills needed to excel in regulated industries and confidently advance your career.
Welcome to Software Testing in Regulated Industries, a new educational course that will help you gain a better understanding of testing in regulated industries. Curated and presented by Mirza Sisic, it’s aimed to help you understand the fundamentals of testing in regulated industries.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- Differentiate between testing in regulated and non-regulated industries
- Identify regulated domains and their specifics
- Understand data protection essentials and regulations like GDPR
- Implement test planning and traceability for legal compliance reasons
- Achieve compliance by providing test evidence through reporting
- Preparing and understanding audits from a testing perspective
- Summarise why security testing is often legally required
The format is simple: each session builds on the last, with a short activity you can complete in about ten minutes—tools and approach are mostly up to you. It’s hands-on, practical, and designed to grow your skills, to reinforce what you have learned step by step, and short enough for you to keep your focus.
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