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Performance & Security Testing Checklist
Performance & Security Testing Checklist
Crating checklists for performance & security is extremely important. This checklist helps in
better definition of performance and security requirement. In the absence of properly defined
performance & security testing requirements, teams can spend great deal time in things which
probably does not matter much.
LOAD
Many users requesting a certain page at the same time or using the site simultaneously
Increase the number of users and keep the data constant
Does the home page load quickly? within 8 seconds
Is load time appropriate to content, even on a slow dial-in connection?
Can the site sustain long periods of usage by multiple users?
Can the site sustain long periods of continuous usage by 1 user?
Is page loading performance acceptable over modems of different speeds?
Does the system meet its goals for response time, throughput, and availability?
Have you defined standards for response time (i.e. all screens should paint within 10
seconds)?
Does the system operate in the same way across different computer and network
configurations, platforms and environments, with different mixes of other applications?
VOLUME
STRESS