IGS Takshashila AcademyLead Application Security Engineer
Lead QE · Security & DevSecOps
79
Modules assigned
747
Total hours
5
Pillars covered
Process & Quality (14 modules · 116 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acceptance testing and business readiness LM-037 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL acceptance testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Agile testing, Three Amigos and shift-left / shift-right LM-038 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL Agile/DevOps context, Scrum Guide – IGS role evidence | |
CSTM / advanced test management: strategy, planning, estimation, monitoring, people and improvement PT-042 | Recommended | 24 | CSTM / ISTQB Advanced Test Management | Free: GAQM – CSTMPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Developing an actionable test plan LM-044 | Mandatory | 10 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management v3, ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 concepts – IGS role evidence | |
KPI, SLA, OLA and outcome-measure design LM-047 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Product-risk analysis and prioritisation LM-050 | Mandatory | 4 | ISTQB CTFL risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Root-cause analysis and test-process improvement LM-053 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Defect Prevention / Test Process Optimisation – IGS role evidence | |
SAFe 6.0 for QE: ART, PI planning, system demo, inspect/adapt, quality practices and dependencies PT-040 | Deployment-specific | 12 | SAFe Practitioner/Agilist direction | Free: Scaled Agile certificationsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Status, metrics and fact-based quality reporting LM-055 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL monitoring, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Test completion, closure and release recommendation LM-056 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL completion, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Test estimation, sizing and capacity LM-059 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Test monitoring, control and recovery planning LM-060 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management, TMMi Test Monitoring and Control – IGS role evidence | |
Test strategy and risk-based operating model LM-061 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management / Test Analyst / Technical Test Analyst – IGS role evidence | |
TMMi Level 2 – managed test process LM-062 | Mandatory | 8 | TMMi Model – Level 2 – IGS role evidence |
Domain & Business (30 modules · 282 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Airlines and travel LM-021 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Banking, Financial Services & FinTech – Lead practical domain lab PT-079 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Banking, Financial Services & FinTech domain-readiness evidence | |
BFSI, digital banking, cards and payments LM-022 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Clinical trials and remote patient monitoring LM-023 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Domain data, controls, privacy and regulation LM-031 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS domain-readiness standard, context-specific regulation – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Domain discovery and value-chain mapping LM-032 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Domain KPIs, SLAs and operational failure patterns LM-033 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, ITIL service management – IGS Domain Practitioner badge | |
Domain risk-to-test / engineering map LM-034 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
EdTech & Learning Platforms – Lead practical domain lab PT-093 | Choose one | 12 | IGS EdTech & Learning Platforms domain-readiness evidence | Free: edX Education Technology coursesPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
EdTech and learning platforms LM-024 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Enterprise Applications & Integrations – Lead practical domain lab PT-149 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Enterprise Applications & Integrations domain-readiness evidence | Free: Microsoft Learn – Dynamics 365Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Healthcare and HealthTech LM-025 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM – Lead practical domain lab PT-058 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM domain-readiness evidence | |
Insurance LM-026 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Insurance – Lead practical domain lab PT-086 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Insurance domain-readiness evidence | |
Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel – Lead practical domain lab PT-114 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel domain-readiness evidence | |
Manufacturing & Industrial – Lead practical domain lab PT-135 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Manufacturing & Industrial domain-readiness evidence | Free: Coursera Digital ManufacturingPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 LM-027 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
OTT, Media & Connected TV – Lead practical domain lab PT-072 | Choose one | 12 | IGS OTT, Media & Connected TV domain-readiness evidence | Free: AWS Video Streaming ConceptsPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
OTT, media, streaming, adtech and analytics LM-028 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Personas, customer journeys and business rules LM-035 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Analyst business-process testing – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery – Lead practical domain lab PT-142 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery domain-readiness evidence | |
Retail & E-commerce – Lead practical domain lab PT-128 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Retail & E-commerce domain-readiness evidence | |
Retail, e-commerce and quick commerce LM-029 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Salesforce Enterprise Cloud – Lead practical domain lab PT-100 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Salesforce Enterprise Cloud domain-readiness evidence | |
SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes – Lead practical domain lab PT-107 | Choose one | 12 | IGS SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes domain-readiness evidence | |
SME elicitation and rapid knowledge capture LM-036 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS consulting and domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Practitioner badge | |
Telecom, OSS/BSS and 5G LM-030 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Telecommunications & 5G – Lead practical domain lab PT-065 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Telecommunications & 5G domain-readiness evidence | |
Workday HCM & Finance – Lead practical domain lab PT-121 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Workday HCM & Finance domain-readiness evidence | Free: Learn with WorkdayPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Tools & Engineering (16 modules · 208 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
API checking with Postman LM-084 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL, API quality practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP workflow LM-092 | Mandatory | 14 | OWASP WSTG, ISTQB Security Testing – IGS technical evidence | |
Burp Suite: Proxy, scope, Repeater, Intruder, Scanner and remediation retest PT-031 | Recommended | 24 | OWASP WSTG/ASVS | Free: PortSwigger Web Security AcademyPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
CVSS, business impact, remediation and verification LM-101 | Mandatory | 10 | ISTQB Security Testing – IGS technical evidence | |
Git and pull-request workflow for QE: branch, commit, merge, review, resolve and tag evidence PT-043 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS source-control standard | Free: GitHub SkillsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Git and source-control basics LM-118 | Mandatory | 6 | Modern QE engineering practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Mobile security with OWASP MASVS LM-128 | Mandatory | 16 | OWASP MASVS – IGS technical evidence | |
MobSF: mobile static/dynamic analysis, certificates, privacy, triage and reporting PT-033 | Deployment-specific | 14 | OWASP MASVS/MSTG | Free: MobSF repository and documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Open-source AppSec pipeline: Nuclei, Semgrep, Trivy and OWASP Dependency-Check PT-034 | Deployment-specific | 20 | OWASP SAMM – IGS DevSecOps standard | Free: OWASP Dependency-CheckPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
OWASP ZAP: proxy, spider, passive/active scan, contexts, authentication and CI PT-032 | Recommended | 16 | OWASP WSTG/ASVS | Free: OWASP ZAP getting startedPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
qTest Manager: requirements, test cases, cycles, execution, defects and dashboards PT-007 | Deployment-specific | 10 | Tricentis qTest practitioner evidence | Free: Tricentis Academy – qTestPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
QualiZen practitioner: ambiguity, risk, test design, automation recommendation and quality insights PT-038 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS QualiZen Practitioner badge | Free: IGS QualiZen internal academyPremium: IGS proprietary enablement |
SAST, SCA, secrets and secure pipeline controls LM-144 | Mandatory | 14 | OWASP DevSecOps Guideline – IGS technical evidence | |
SonarQube quality engineering: quality profiles, gates, coverage, duplication and issue governance PT-047 | Deployment-specific | 10 | IGS code-quality standard | Free: SonarQube documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Terraform infrastructure testing: validate, plan, policy and ephemeral QE environments PT-046 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS IaC assurance standard | Free: HashiCorp Terraform tutorialsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Threat modelling and abuse-case design LM-155 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB Security Testing / OWASP – IGS technical evidence |
AI Enablement (8 modules · 62 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AI agent and advanced LLM penetration testing – Lead QE AI-EXT-03-LEADQE | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: AI Agent Security: Application Security for AI Agents |
AI controls for a QE workstream AI-ROLE-LEADQE-3 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Software Testing with AI Agents and Agentic AI |
AI for application security testing and AI system security – Lead QE AI-SPEC-05-LEADQE | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Security & DevSecOps output, assessment and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Security & DevSecOps AI specialisation labPremium: Red Teaming LLM Applications |
AI-assisted release risk, triage and quality reporting AI-ROLE-LEADQE-2 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: ISTQB CT-GenAI Specialist Level: Testing with Generative AI |
AI-assisted test planning, estimation and work allocation AI-ROLE-LEADQE-1 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Learn Generative AI for Software Testing |
AI-assisted web, mobile and API application security testing – Lead QE AI-EXT-01-LEADQE | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Generative AI in Penetration Testing: AI-Powered Pentesting |
Atlassian Rovo for Jira and Zephyr-supported QE workflows AI-ROVO | Deployment-specific | 8 | IGS Responsible AI, Atlassian permissions and human verification standard | |
Prompt injection and LLM security testing for QA engineers – Lead QE AI-EXT-02-LEADQE | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: AI Security Testing: Finding Prompt Injection Flaws |
Communication, Leadership & Culture (11 modules · 79 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Client communication and expectation management LM-003 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS client-engagement standard – IGS Client Communication badge | |
Concise written communication: status, risk, decision and defect LM-005 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge | |
Conflict resolution and constructive challenge LM-006 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS culture and conduct – IGS Conflict Resolution badge | |
Cross-cultural collaboration in global teams and clients LM-008 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS global culture standard – IGS Global Collaboration badge | |
Difficult conversations – internal team and client LM-009 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS conduct and client-engagement standard – IGS Difficult Conversations badge | |
Giving feedback, coaching and mentoring LM-012 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS North-Star performance behaviours – IGS Coach / Mentor badge | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-002-LM-018 | Mandatory | 15 | IGS client and commercial governance – IGS Client Negotiation badge – IGS leadership standard – IGS Influence badge | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-016-LM-020 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS communication standard – IGS Presentation badge – IGS facilitation standard – IGS Facilitator badge | |
Internal negotiation: priorities, capacity and dependencies LM-013 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS collaboration standard – IGS Negotiation badge | |
Leadership, delegation and accountability LM-014 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS leadership and North-Star framework – IGS People Leadership badge | |
Spoken communication in stand-ups, reviews and technical discussions LM-017 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge |