Security solutions testing & assessment day meetup

A modern network infrastructure is a complex system of interactions between a variety of components, each of which is limited in capacity and performance. The development of modern communications technologies and traffic routing allows for easy distribution of system resources across a variety of tasks and areas. Both of these facts hinder full understanding of the actual performance and capacity of the device, channel, network or service. In many cases, the sole source of information about the performance is issued by the vendor in product specifications which usually pursue marketing interests and display only peak values that were achieved under special configurations. The situation turns even more grim when we talk about not just one device, but a segment of the network consisting of numerous components. Due to personalized settings of individual elements, it is practically impossible to tell the performance, compatibility and final quality metrics while omitting real measurements.

Network appliance and system testing is a critically important task encountered by all financial and IT companies when launching new products or services on the market. Service providers and businesses are continually faced with the need for new network solutions, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems and other security assets.