Testing, QA & certification
Proof, not assurances.
Independent testing, quality assurance, and certification that establish the reliability, performance, and compliance of software, hardware, and integrated technology solutions.
Why it is separate
A test that cannot fail is not a test.
When the team that wrote the code also signs off on the code, the sign-off tells you very little. Everyone involved is honest, and the result is still worthless, because nobody was ever positioned to say no.
Hybase runs assurance as an independent function with its own reporting line. Test plans are traced to requirements. Defects are recorded regardless of who introduced them. Sign-off is given when the evidence supports it and withheld when it does not, and that decision is not the delivery team's to make.
We apply this to our own builds. We also apply it, frequently, to systems built by somebody else — including systems whose owners have quietly stopped believing the last report they were given.
Disciplines
What we test, and how.
Functional & regression
Requirement-traced test cases, executed manually where judgement is needed and automated where repetition is. A regression suite that grows with every defect found, so the same fault is never shipped twice.
Performance, load & stress
Behaviour under expected load, peak load, and the load nobody planned for. We measure where the system slows, where it breaks, and whether it recovers — because the last one decides how bad the incident is.
Security
Penetration testing, dependency and supply-chain review, secrets handling, and the authentication and authorisation paths that quietly grow holes as a product matures.
Hardware & firmware validation
Functional validation, environmental and stress testing, power and thermal behaviour, update and recovery paths, and production test rigs that catch a bad unit before it leaves the line.
Interoperability & integration
Device to cloud, cloud to application, system to legacy system. Most failures in an integrated product live in the seams, so the seams are where we spend the time.
Compliance & certification
Gap assessment against the standards a market or regulator requires, remediation guidance, evidence packs, and support through the certification process itself.
Deliverables
What you actually receive.
Test strategy & plan
What will be tested, how, against which requirement, and what constitutes a pass. Agreed before execution begins, so the standard cannot move afterwards.
Traceability matrix
Every requirement mapped to the test that verifies it. Gaps are visible rather than implied, which is the entire purpose.
Defect register
Reproducible reports with severity, environment, and evidence. Written so an engineer can act on them without a meeting first.
Automation suite
Handed over, running in your pipeline, maintainable by your team. An automation suite you cannot maintain is a liability with a good name.
Evidence pack
Results, logs, and measurements assembled in the form a certifying body or an auditor expects to see them.
Sign-off, or a reason
A recommendation to release, or a clear statement of what stands in the way. We have withheld both, and will again.
Questions
Before you commission a test.
Will you test something you did not build?
Most of our assurance work is on systems built elsewhere. We have no stake in the result, which is exactly the property you are buying.
Can you certify our product?
We assess against the applicable standards, tell you what is missing, help you close the gaps, and prepare the evidence. Where a mark must be issued by an accredited body, we prepare you for it and support you through the process.
What if the result is bad?
Then you learn it from us, before your customers or a regulator teach it to you instead. We report what we find, and we say what it would take to fix.
Do you test hardware and software together?
Yes, and it is where the interesting defects are. Device, firmware, connectivity, cloud, and application are exercised as one system, because that is how a customer will use it.
Find out before your customers do.
Commission an independent assessment of what you are about to ship.