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Mu Security Widely Adopted by Leading Global Test Labs within First Year of Industry's First Security Analyzer
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mu Security, a pioneer in the new security analyzer market, today announced its Mu-4000 Security Analyzer is deployed by CT Labs, NSS Labs and Ziff Davis test labs among a number of other labs to verify the robustness and security readiness of IP-based products including network equipment, VOIP systems and security gear.
"VoIP and Triple Play services offered by Service Providers, Cable Operators and their equipment suppliers should be as reliable as today's PSTN," said Chris Bajorek, director of CT Labs, the converged communication industry's most recognized independent test lab. "The Mu-4000 conducts VoIP and IMS security analysis on both enterprise and carrier-grade network equipment, and provides proactive analysis, testing and measurement of VoIP services and products using SIP/IMS, H.323 and RTSP, and tests for attack surface coverage weaknesses in real world conditions, including qualitative latency and robustness issues."
Growing real-time media and service deployments present increased opportunities for attackers and unplanned service downtime for network operators. Frost & Sullivan predicts that VoIP revenue for service operators will grow at more than 40 percent to over $8 billion by 2008. Similarly In-Stat predicts business VoIP deployments will grow from 9.9 million in 2006 to 45.8 million deployments in 2010. Yet, the company notes that more than 40 percent of the businesses surveyed do not have specific plans for securing their VoIP deployments. Additionally, when In-Stat asked respondents to rate their VoIP security knowledge, most enterprise managers characterized themselves only as being "somewhat knowledgeable" -- the lowest rating offered. Since building and deploying VoIP systems is very complex, security and robustness evaluation is essential to ensure that SLAs are met.
NSS Labs, the world's leading independent network and security testing organization, uses the Mu-4000 to perform security analysis and robustness testing for networking and security products. NSS Labs' awards are recognized worldwide as the most desirable and essential when it comes to any hardware or software security products.
"What makes the Mu-4000 valuable is its comprehensive and repeatable security analysis process that allows us to subject a target product under test to a virtually unlimited number of known as well as purpose-built attack vectors," said Bob Walder, chief scientist at NSS Labs. "The Mu-4000 augments our highly customized purpose-built testbed with its support for obfuscated, published vulnerability replays, as well as mutations, creating a "test bed in a box" that monitors targets during analysis and automatically captures packets corresponding to NSS-defined fault conditions."
"The Mu-4000 provides critical network integrity analysis that covers not just a few attack vectors but thousands of protocol anomalies and mutations," said Christian Stankevitz, CTO of NSS Labs. "The ability to not just monitor, but systematically isolate faults using protocol mutation, fuzzing, and attack generation makes the Mu-4000 a tool that every network test lab should have in their toolkit."
Ziff-Davis Labs also uses the Mu-4000 to stress test IP network equipment. "IT managers who must keep IP network equipment up and running even in hostile environments should consider using Mu Security's Mu-4000 Security Analyzer," according to Cameron Sturdevant, technical Director at Ziff-Davis Labs in San Francisco. "The appliance is best suited for organizations committed to testing IP-based products but want to reduce the amount of staff time needed to monitor and record test results."
Sturdevant used the Mu-4000 to test IP-based networking gear "generating fault reports that easily could be used to communicate findings to vendors, executives and senior managers. Mu Security's mutation analysis gathers data that users leverage to generate explanatory material about the specific nature of the mutations and what conditions were pinpointed by the analysis," Sturdevant added.
About CT Labs
CT Labs is the leading supplier of independent product testing, Q/A, and analysis services for the converged communications industry. http://www.ct-labs.com
CT Labs' testing automation specialists perform both standard test suites as well as custom-developed tests for special needs. CT Labs prides itself on working with cutting edge VoIP and convergence technology and products. CT Labs, founded in 1998 and headquartered near Sacramento, California, is an independent operating unit of Empirix, Inc. http://www.empirix.com
About NSS Labs
NSS Labs is the world's leading independent security testing and certification organization. With operations in San Diego, CA, Chicago, IL, and France, NSS Labs offers a range of specialized networking and security testing services to vendors and end-user organisations world-wide. NSS Labs' comprehensive certification schemes address a wide range of security products, including Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Secure Content Appliances (SCA), Content Monitoring and Filtering (CMF) devices, Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems, firewalls, VPNs, Web Application firewalls, cryptographic devices and PKI products. For more information, visit: http://www.nsslabs.com.
About Mu Security
Mu Security offers a market-leading security analysis system, delivering a rigorous and streamlined methodology for verifying the robustness and security readiness of any IP-based product or application. Founded by the pioneers of intrusion detection and prevention technology, Mu Security is backed by preeminent venture capital firms including Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.musecurity.com.
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