NSS Labs Test Packs for Ixia BreakingPoint
SOLUTION BRIEF
NSS Labs Test Packs for Ixia BreakingPoint Going Beyond Lab Reports Many of today’s enterprise and government IT organizations make network security device purchasing decisions based, in part, on the comprehensive and independent data found in NSS Labs security equipment and services reports. These reports are viewed as unbiased and data-driven, using NSS Labs’ documented methodologies and rigorous lab testing rather than relying on surveys and questionnaires. Products are tested and rated for their security effectiveness, performance, manageability, and cost of ownership.
Out-of-the-Box, Standardized Testing for Network Security Device Validation Now, Ixia and NSS Labs have combined NSS Labs' proven test expertise and Ixia’s BreakingPoint security test suite into Test Packs that give enterprises and equipment manufacturers the ability to find network issues and failures in their own labs prior to deployment, saving time and costs.
These reports are important elements of many technology vendors’ marketing, and NSS Labs testing can be used to improve results for security products. Understandably, vendors expend a great deal of resources and expense toward achieving good test results. However, one challenge of independent lab testing and the resultant reports has been the ability for the IT decisionmakers and technology vendors to conduct the tests on their own and in their own labs using NSS Labs’ proven test methodologies and processes.
Key Benefits IT Decision Makers
Equipment Manufacturers
Assess security, performance, and resiliency in your network Save test-cycle costs and identify and resolve issues ahead environments by executing your own testing using the same of time by completing test cycles in-house before NSS Labs methodologies developed and used by NSS Labs tests Match your own unique security environment needs by conducting unlimited permutations of device configurations
Increase sales by conducting onsite customer proof of concept (POC) on each customer’s unique configuration
When purchasing new equipment, you can now widen the pool of vetted devices by evaluating vendor technologies that are not included in existing test reports
Make NSS Labs testing part of your product development lifecycle and QA process, and determine if you are ready to demonstrate that technology in an NSS public test
Save time and money in technology investment and renewals by understanding how a device will work in your particular network prior to deployment
Speed sales by increasing customer confidence in decision making using industry-standard test scenarios to validate your devices
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SOLUTION BRIEF
Supported NSS Labs Test Packs Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): Test Methodology v7.2
NSS Labs Test Packs: Purchasing and Support •
Contact Ixia or NSS Labs to purchase a Test Pack license
•
Security effectiveness
•
Test Packs are licensed for one year
•
Performance and stability
•
Next-Generation Firewall: Test Methodology v5.4
Test Packs are created and maintained by NSS Labs and Ixia
•
Test Packs contain BreakingPoint test configuration files
•
Security effectiveness
•
•
Performance and stability
Accompanying methodology document is supplied with the Test Pack
•
NSS supports elements pertaining to the methodology
•
Ixia supports functional use cases
Contact Ixia for the latest Ixia/NSS Labs Test Pack availability.
Ixia's BreakingPoint, along with one of the following hardware platforms, is required to run the NSS Labs Test Packs: Hardware
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Description
PerfectStorm ONE
4Gbps to 80Gbps of application throughput per appliance with 8-port 1GE/10GE SFP+ interfaSces, throughput and hardware variants are software license upgradable or 80Gbps of application throughput per appliance with interfaces and support for 8-port 10GE SFP+ via fanout mode.
PerfectStorm
The industry’s highest port density test system for Ethernet, provides the power and performance necessary for massive-scale layer 4-7 testing. Generates up to 80Gbps of application throughput per blade and 960Gbps per XGS12 chassis, for 10GE and 40GE wired and wireless networks.
FireStorm
Delivers up to 40 Gbps of blended wired and wireless application traffic per blade and 120Gbps per 4u rack-mountable chassis.users. Chassis supports up to three FireStorm load modules with 4 universal 1GE/10GE SFP+ ports.
Ixia Worldwide Headquarters 26601 Agoura Rd. Calabasas, CA 91302 (Toll Free North America) 1.877.367.4942 (Outside North America) +1.818.871.1800 (Fax) 818.871.1805
Ixia European Headquarters Ixia Technologies Europe Ltd Clarion House, Norreys Drive Maidenhead SL6 4FL United Kingdom
Sales +44 1628 408750 (Fax) +44 1628 639916
Ixia Asia Pacific Headquarters 21 Serangoon North Avenue 5 #04-01 Singapore 554864
Sales +65.6332.0125 Fax +65.6332.0127
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NSS Labs Test Packs for Ixia BreakingPoint Going Beyond Lab Reports Many of today’s enterprise and government IT organizations make network security device purchasing decisions based, in part, on the comprehensive and independent data found in NSS Labs security equipment and services reports. These reports are viewed as unbiased and data-driven, using NSS Labs’ documented methodologies and rigorous lab testing rather than relying on surveys and questionnaires. Products are tested and rated for their security effectiveness, performance, manageability, and cost of ownership.
Out-of-the-Box, Standardized Testing for Network Security Device Validation Now, Ixia and NSS Labs have combined NSS Labs' proven test expertise and Ixia’s BreakingPoint security test suite into Test Packs that give enterprises and equipment manufacturers the ability to find network issues and failures in their own labs prior to deployment, saving time and costs.
These reports are important elements of many technology vendors’ marketing, and NSS Labs testing can be used to improve results for security products. Understandably, vendors expend a great deal of resources and expense toward achieving good test results. However, one challenge of independent lab testing and the resultant reports has been the ability for the IT decisionmakers and technology vendors to conduct the tests on their own and in their own labs using NSS Labs’ proven test methodologies and processes.
Key Benefits IT Decision Makers
Equipment Manufacturers
Assess security, performance, and resiliency in your network Save test-cycle costs and identify and resolve issues ahead environments by executing your own testing using the same of time by completing test cycles in-house before NSS Labs methodologies developed and used by NSS Labs tests Match your own unique security environment needs by conducting unlimited permutations of device configurations
Increase sales by conducting onsite customer proof of concept (POC) on each customer’s unique configuration
When purchasing new equipment, you can now widen the pool of vetted devices by evaluating vendor technologies that are not included in existing test reports
Make NSS Labs testing part of your product development lifecycle and QA process, and determine if you are ready to demonstrate that technology in an NSS public test
Save time and money in technology investment and renewals by understanding how a device will work in your particular network prior to deployment
Speed sales by increasing customer confidence in decision making using industry-standard test scenarios to validate your devices
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915-6730-01 Rev. C, October 2014
SOLUTION BRIEF
Supported NSS Labs Test Packs Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): Test Methodology v7.2
NSS Labs Test Packs: Purchasing and Support •
Contact Ixia or NSS Labs to purchase a Test Pack license
•
Security effectiveness
•
Test Packs are licensed for one year
•
Performance and stability
•
Next-Generation Firewall: Test Methodology v5.4
Test Packs are created and maintained by NSS Labs and Ixia
•
Test Packs contain BreakingPoint test configuration files
•
Security effectiveness
•
•
Performance and stability
Accompanying methodology document is supplied with the Test Pack
•
NSS supports elements pertaining to the methodology
•
Ixia supports functional use cases
Contact Ixia for the latest Ixia/NSS Labs Test Pack availability.
Ixia's BreakingPoint, along with one of the following hardware platforms, is required to run the NSS Labs Test Packs: Hardware
Image
Description
PerfectStorm ONE
4Gbps to 80Gbps of application throughput per appliance with 8-port 1GE/10GE SFP+ interfaSces, throughput and hardware variants are software license upgradable or 80Gbps of application throughput per appliance with interfaces and support for 8-port 10GE SFP+ via fanout mode.
PerfectStorm
The industry’s highest port density test system for Ethernet, provides the power and performance necessary for massive-scale layer 4-7 testing. Generates up to 80Gbps of application throughput per blade and 960Gbps per XGS12 chassis, for 10GE and 40GE wired and wireless networks.
FireStorm
Delivers up to 40 Gbps of blended wired and wireless application traffic per blade and 120Gbps per 4u rack-mountable chassis.users. Chassis supports up to three FireStorm load modules with 4 universal 1GE/10GE SFP+ ports.
Ixia Worldwide Headquarters 26601 Agoura Rd. Calabasas, CA 91302 (Toll Free North America) 1.877.367.4942 (Outside North America) +1.818.871.1800 (Fax) 818.871.1805
Ixia European Headquarters Ixia Technologies Europe Ltd Clarion House, Norreys Drive Maidenhead SL6 4FL United Kingdom
Sales +44 1628 408750 (Fax) +44 1628 639916
Ixia Asia Pacific Headquarters 21 Serangoon North Avenue 5 #04-01 Singapore 554864
Sales +65.6332.0125 Fax +65.6332.0127
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