Cloud Testing Trends to Embrace in 2023
Published: 2023-01-23 13:43:33

The rapid adoption of Cloud Technology is helping enterprises gain flexibility and also achieve better collaboration as people can access data from anywhere in the world. Cloud Computing offers computation, software, data, and storage services over the network and Cloud testing refer to the testing of these resources.  Testing sees to it that functional and non-functional requirement are met and the found vulnerabilities are plugged.  

Functional testing ensures the proper functioning of applications in the cloud. Cloud Testing also helps businesses to offer a great user experience and also secure the infrastructure and platform by testing for various compliances. 

As per various online sources, the cloud testing market is expected to increase by a CAGR of over 13% over the forecast period (2021 - 2026). The demand is fueled by the capabilities of [cloud technology](https://www.testrigtechnologies.com/top-5-cloud-software-testing-tools-of-2020/) in software testing activities to perform quality assurance and remove bugs.

In this article, we will be discussing four cloud testing trends that you must embrace for better availability, performance, and security of your cloud infrastructure.

So Let's Begin:

**Multi-Tenancy Testing**

A multi-tenant cloud architecture comes with cost, scalability, and maintenance benefits. However, it also involves testing the system on a number of parameters like data leak, load, and privacy. In a multi-tenant system, we need to ensure that only tenants can access their data and that the data should be tested to ensure data security. We also need to validate for Proper authentication and authorization mechanisms in the multi-tenant system.

**Failover Testing**

Failover testing tests the system's capacity to handle the recovery process by allocating sufficient resources, in the event of a server failure. 
Failover can lead to losses for the company. For instance, an outage or downtime may cause heavy losses to a company. Failover testing ensures that the cloud configuration is working properly and also that there is no loss due to downtime.


**Resilience Testing **

Resilience testing is another area that must be prioritized by the organization when moving to the cloud. Companies need to progressively test their systems as they migrate to cloud services for reliability, and resilience. Chaotic testing can help build a resilient cloud environment. Chaos testing helps in uncovering system anomalies that generally do not manifest during the routine development or testing process. These tests introduce an anomaly to test its impact on the system and based on how the system behaves we need to have the plan to address the issue of resiliency. 

**Cloud Security**

Cloud is susceptible to a number of vulnerabilities and these vulnerabilities need to be fixed. As Security is an ongoing and continuous process, we need to keep fixing the risks involved in Cloud security. Practices like Vulnerability management and DevSecOps should be implemented to make the Cloud more secure.

**Conclusion:**

To summarize, cloud testing is crucial, given the number of regulations, like GDPR, that are being passed by some countries where data protection is taken seriously.  Also, the vulnerabilities of cloud systems need to be addressed so that the system is safe and secure. In this article, we saw how we need to have a resilient cloud system and how failover testing can save us from downtime. 
While moving to the cloud is essential, testing the system is equally important. Testrig Technologies is a leading cloud testing company offering [Cloud Testing Services](https://www.testrigtechnologies.com/service/cloud-testing-services/) to help you build a secure, flexible, and reliable cloud system. 
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