diff --git a/tests/templates/IEC_template.yml b/tests/templates/IEC_template.yml
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+device_type: qemu
+job_name: qemu #architecture# IEC layer testing
+timeouts:
+  job:
+    minutes: 30
+  action:
+   minutes: 20
+  actions:
+    power-off:
+      seconds: 60
+priority: medium
+tags:
+- swtpm-jobs
+visibility: public
+notify:
+  criteria:
+    status: finished
+  recipients:
+  - to:
+     method: email
+     email: cip-testing-results@lists.cip-project.org
+
+# ACTION BLOCK
+actions:
+- command:
+    name: start_tpm
+    timeout:
+          minutes: 20
+
+# DEPLOY BLOCK
+- deploy:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 15
+    to: tmpfs
+    images:
+      system:
+        image_arg: '-drive file={system},discard=unmap,if=none,id=disk,format=raw -m 1G -serial mon:stdio -smp 4
+                    -nographic -netdev user,id=net,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:22222-:22 -chardev socket,id=chrtpm,path=/tmp/qemu-swtpm.sock
+                    -tpmdev emulator,id=tpm0,chardev=chrtpm #imageargs#'
+        url: #project_url#/#branch#/qemu-#architecture#/cip-core-image-security-cip-core-#distribution#-qemu-#architecture#.wic.xz
+        compression: xz
+
+      #Firmware#
+        #Firmware_args#
+        #Firmware_url#
+
+# BOOT BLOCK
+- boot:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 15
+    method: qemu
+    media: tmpfs
+    prompts: ["root@demo:~#"]
+    auto_login:
+      login_prompt: "demo login:"
+      username: "root"
+      password_prompt: "Password:"
+      password: "CIPsecurity@123"
+
+# TEST_BLOCK
+- test:
+     timeout:
+       minutes: 30
+     definitions:
+     - repository: https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-testing/cip-security-tests.git
+       from: git
+       branch: master
+       path: iec-security-tests/Singlenode-TestDefinition.yaml
+       name: Security-Testcases
+
+context:
+  arch: #architecture#
+  guestfs_interface: virtio
+  lava_test_results_dir: '/home/lava-%s'
diff --git a/tests/templates/secureboot_template.yml b/tests/templates/secureboot_template.yml
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+device_type: qemu
+job_name: qemu #architecture# secure boot testing
+timeouts:
+  job:
+    minutes: 30
+  action:
+   minutes: 20
+  actions:
+    power-off:
+      seconds: 60
+priority: medium
+tags:
+- swtpm-jobs
+visibility: public
+notify:
+  criteria:
+    status: finished
+  recipients:
+  - to:
+     method: email
+     email: cip-testing-results@lists.cip-project.org
+
+# ACTION BLOCK
+actions:
+- command:
+    name: start_tpm
+    timeout:
+          minutes: 20
+
+# DEPLOY BLOCK
+- deploy:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 15
+    to: tmpfs
+    images:
+      system:
+        image_arg: '-drive file={system},discard=unmap,if=none,id=disk,format=raw -m 1G -serial mon:stdio -smp 4
+                    -nographic -netdev user,id=net,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:22222-:22 -chardev socket,id=chrtpm,path=/tmp/qemu-swtpm.sock
+                    -tpmdev emulator,id=tpm0,chardev=chrtpm #imageargs#'
+        url: #project_url#/#branch#/qemu-#architecture#/cip-core-image-security-cip-core-#distribution#-qemu-#architecture#.wic.xz
+        compression: xz
+
+      #Firmware#
+        #Firmware_args#
+        #Firmware_url#
+
+# BOOT BLOCK
+- boot:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 15
+    method: qemu
+    media: tmpfs
+    prompts: ["root@demo:~#"]
+    auto_login:
+      login_prompt: "demo login:"
+      username: "root"
+      password_prompt: "Password:"
+      password: "CIPsecurity@123"
+    parameters:
+      kernel-start-message: "EFI stub: UEFI Secure Boot is enabled."
+
+context:
+  arch: #architecture#
+  guestfs_interface: virtio
+  lava_test_results_dir: '/home/lava-%s'
diff --git a/tests/templates/swupdate_template.yml b/tests/templates/swupdate_template.yml
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+device_type: qemu
+job_name: qemu #architecture# software update testing
+timeouts:
+  job:
+    minutes: 30
+  action:
+   minutes: 20
+  actions:
+    power-off:
+      seconds: 60
+tags:
+- swtpm-jobs
+priority: medium
+visibility: public
+notify:
+  criteria:
+    status: finished
+  recipients:
+  - to:
+     method: email
+     email: cip-testing-results@lists.cip-project.org
+
+# ACTION BLOCK
+actions:
+- command:
+    name: start_tpm
+    timeout:
+          minutes: 20
+
+# DEPLOY BLOCK
+- deploy:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 15
+    to: tmpfs
+    images:
+      system:
+        image_arg: '-drive file={system},discard=unmap,if=none,id=disk,format=raw -m 1G -serial mon:stdio -smp 4
+                    -nographic -netdev user,id=net,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:22222-:22 -chardev socket,id=chrtpm,path=/tmp/qemu-swtpm.sock
+                    -tpmdev emulator,id=tpm0,chardev=chrtpm #imageargs#'
+        url: #project_url#/#branch#/qemu-#architecture#/cip-core-image-security-cip-core-#distribution#-qemu-#architecture#.wic.xz
+        compression: xz
+
+      #Firmware#
+        #Firmware_args#
+        #Firmware_url#
+
+# BOOT BLOCK
+- boot:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 15
+    method: qemu
+    media: tmpfs
+    prompts: ["root@demo:~#"]
+    auto_login:
+      login_prompt: "demo login:"
+      username: "root"
+      password_prompt: "Password:"
+      password: "CIPsecurity@123"
+
+# TEST_BLOCK
+# Sleep 200s is added to make the job incomplete with a timeout if software update application failed
+- test:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 5
+    definitions:
+    - repository:
+        metadata:
+          format: Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0
+          name: sample-test
+          description: "Test software update"
+        run:
+          steps:
+            - if swupdate -d "-u #project_url#/#branch#/qemu-#architecture#/cip-core-image-security-cip-core-#distribution#-qemu-#architecture#.swu"; then echo software update is successful!!; else sleep 200s; fi
+      from: inline
+      name: sample-test-1
+      path: inline/sample-test.yaml
+
+# qemu-swtpm.sock will be gone after soft reboot.
+# So the swtpm socket need to be started again for proper reboot
+# To start the swtpm daemon, first the existing one should be killed
+- command:
+    name: manual_kill
+    timeout:
+          minutes: 1
+# Start the swtpm daemon
+- command:
+    name: start_tpm
+    timeout:
+          minutes: 1
+
+- boot:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 5
+    method: qemu
+    media: tmpfs
+    prompts: ["root@demo:~#"]
+    auto_login:
+      login_prompt: "demo login:"
+      username: "root"
+      password_prompt: "Password:"
+      password: "CIPsecurity@123"
+    parameters:
+       kernel-start-message: "kernel: C:BOOT1:linux.efi"
+
+# sleep 180s is added to make the job incomplete if ustate is not 2 in the updated partition
+- test:
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 5
+    definitions:
+    - repository:
+        metadata:
+          format: Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0
+          name: sample-test
+          description: "check boot loader environment variables"
+        run:
+          steps:
+            - if [ $(bg_printenv | grep ustate | awk 'FNR == 2{print $2}') = 2 ]; then bg_setenv -c; else sleep 180s; fi
+      from: inline
+      name: sample-test-2
+      path: inline/sample-test.yaml
+
+context:
+  arch: #architecture#
+  guestfs_interface: virtio
+  lava_test_results_dir: '/home/lava-%s'
