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Back To Main Menu Back To Main MenuIoT Testing, or Internet of Things testing, is the practice of performing QA tests to verify the security, functionality and performance of IoT devices. Since all IoT equipment relies on the internet to transmit data from one device to another, it's important to validate the effectiveness of these devices to successfully transmit sensitive information before launching them to market.
IoT Testing involves every device reliant on IoT, no matter its shape and size. From smart TVs and smart appliances to commercial security systems and traffic monitoring technologies, any “smart” device requires automation testing in IoT.
As the number of connected devices grows, so does the potential for security risks and breaches. With data being gathered from scattered sources like edge devices, production logs, sensors, machines and inventory, IoT devices can be prone to a range of errors, which is why it’s so important to test these devices for their performance and efficiency. The following are some of the benefits of IoT testing:
With automation testing in IoT, QA teams can schedule testing tools to run tests programmatically, so that they can use more time to analyze the data and come up with actionable insights. Moreover, teams can scale test cases based on product demand from one development cycle to the next.
IoT automation testing tools can support test flows as well as a variety of app versions, mobile devices and operating systems. Since automation testing in IoT can perform test cases faster, defects can be discovered at earlier stages of the project life cycle. This in turn leads to better customer experience and improved ROI.
An IoT test automation framework can review how IoT devices handle connectivity scenarios by running automated test cases through your IoT testing tools, ensuring accurate results before market launch.
IoT testing allows testers to run functional and performance testing simultaneously, thereby, removing hardware requirements that can be a burden for resource-constrained companies, business-critical infrastructure and third-party systems.
The best IoT Testing strategies can anticipate all obstacles and their impact on developers, QA engineers and end users. Let's examine a few of the common IoT testing challenges that our clients encounter before partnering with QASource.
ChallengeCybercriminals often target security loopholes in IoT devices to gain access to sensitive information. To avoid this, QA teams can implement proper password implementation policies and execute tests to examine all password prompts and behavior within the IoT device on initial user access.
IoT devices include hardware and software components. So typically, testing would include running test cases of every type for both components. This is a very challenging and complicated process. For effective testing, consider creating test cases for the most sensible combinations of integrations before market launch.
The functionality of an IoT device depends on its connectivity with a variety of cloud platforms like Azure, IBM Watson and AWS. However, it’s unfeasible to test every IoT device running on different cloud versions in a real environment. An easy way to tackle this is to run your IoT device across all cloud platforms, to verify that your IoT device works seamlessly and efficiently within the network.
IoT devices can often fall victim to poor network configurations for reasons like inconsistent Internet connections and encumbering channels. QA teams can ensure the IoT device’s correctness by performing test cases that emulate different network conditions of load, stability and connectivity.
At QASource, we provide the following IoT testing services to our clients:
At QASource, our engineers use a variety of tools for IoT Testing. Here are some of the tools our team can use effectively:
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