Application testing is a vital tool for ensuring system integrity and security. Testing usually is combined with other services, depending on the characteristics of a client's IT infrastructure. The goal of application testing is to identify and correct vulnerabilities in system code or configuration that could allow systems to be abused.

Application testing should analyze critical systems (e.g. accounting systems, e-commerce systems or CRM systems) to determine whether malicious or accidental attacks could expose a company to financial losses, regulatory violations or negative publicity.

Ceptera's application testing service goes beyond standard vulnerability testing and includes a series of technical and scenario-based tests. Our consultants try to subvert system code and perform actions outside normal operational constraints. For example, consultants might try to access systems using different authentication mechanisms, access confidential information or examine client-side code. Other tests could include hidden field manipulation, SQL injection, assessments of application interaction, parameter manipulation, network traffic protocol analysis or password cracking.