QA functional testing is a type of software testing that focuses on evaluating the functional aspects of software, ensuring that the software behaves as intended. Examples of functional testing include unit testing and integration testing. The other main type of QA testing is performance testing, which focuses on the performance of the software, including its responsiveness and stability. Other tests include: regression, sanity, smoke, user acceptance, boundary, and end-to-end testing.

A QA assessment thoroughly examines all the quality assurance procedures and practices used in an organization's software development and testing. Also known as a QA audit or QA review, the goal of the assessment is to evaluate the effectiveness, compliance, and performance of these practices and find any bottlenecks and areas for improvement.

There are many types of tools and frameworks for QA and software testing. Some of the more common ones that we use are:

• Selenium: a framework for automating web browser interactions and creating automated tests for web applications
• JUnit: a testing framework for Java applications that provides annotations and assertion methods for writing and executing unit tests
• Cucumber: a behavior-driven development (BDD) tool that allows you to create tests that are readable by humans
• LoadRunner: a performance testing tool that simulates different user loads to evaluate performance and scalability

Ensuring the security of proprietary software during testing involves several steps, including performing testing in secure environments, limiting access to the software, encrypting and/or tokenizing data, and conducting vulnerability testing. Additionally, all of our QA engineers, testers, and developers use secure communication protocols and conduct regular compliance checks.