A few years ago, my answer would have been a hard no. Production testing always felt too risky because one wrong move could impact users, data, or availability. Today, though, my perspective has changed. Modern production-safe testing approaches are making it possible to validate security in real e…

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My comment on this earlier thread I believe still holds value, production presents new opportunities and also very specific risks and can be discovered, explored and investigated so a lot of testing potential. From a security perspective in my models its mostly scanners and monitoring running rathe…

Is testing in a production environment safe?

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conrad.braam (conrad braam) 25 June 2026 14:57 2

Picks up a few nuances and definitely looks at the multiple side to security impacts and additional risks.

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Is testing in a production environment safe?

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