Ixia (NASDAQ:
XXIA), the leading global provider of converged IP and wireless network test
solutions, recently announced the industry’s first application that validates
mobile Internet security end-to-end – from the handset to the data center. By
generating massive, city-scale application and attack traffic over LTE
infrastructures, IxLoad™-Attack allows service providers to find previously
impossible-to-detect infrastructure vulnerabilities and weaknesses before they
can be exploited on live networks.
Mobile network
cyber-attacks will grow significantly over the next 24 months, driven by the
proliferation of smart devices, and are increasingly launched from social
network services. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are one of the
fastest growing threats in mobile networks. Mobile operators with weak security
strategies risk degraded service quality, network downtime, and put customer
assets at risk. Today’s general lack of security on client devices make them
vulnerable to mobile malware attacks. With the introduction of IxLoad-Attack
for wireless, Ixia has developed a ground-breaking product to measure the
resiliency and performance of wireless network security.
IxLoad-Attack
evaluates the performance of network security devices, validating that they
effectively and accurately block security attacks while delivering a high
end-user quality of experience (QoE) to valid subscriber applications.
IxLoad-Attack evaluates standalone or embedded security perimeter devices such
as firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS),
anti-virus/anti-spam, URL filters, and VPN gateways. It can generate a massive
amount of city-scale, converged, real-world voice/video/data traffic combined
with malicious elements designed to compromise the network. With IxLoad-Attack,
a mobile network or device can be evaluated against thousands of unique attacks
and evasion techniques to find previously hidden infrastructure vulnerabilities
before they are exploited – protecting customer data, financial holdings, and
brand reputation. Simultaneously, an accurate measurement of legitimate
application service quality, such as voice quality, can be made to verify that
security mechanisms do not impede overall network performance.
Key Facts
- IxLoad is a unified test solution for testing all aspects of wireless networks end-to-end, including LTE base stations, core network components, and the IMS subsystem
- IxLoad supports a broad set of test applications measuring the scalability and capacity of data applications, the quality of rich media services, and the evaluation of security vulnerabilities
- IxLoad-Attack tests a wide range of network security devices:
- Next-generation firewalls
- Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Anti-virus, anti-spam and URL filters
- VPN gateways
- IxLoad-Attack supports:
- Evaluation of security effectiveness, detection accuracy, performance benchmarking, and service availability
- Thousands of unique security attacks, making it the most comprehensive solution targeting known vulnerabilities
- Automatic updates via a subscription service for new attacks backed by security research from industry pioneers
- Thousands of legitimate traffic samples to evaluate the detection accuracy of IPS/IDS engines
- Live malware attacks
- Comprehensive coverage of published Microsoft™ vulnerabilities
- Line-rate distributed DDoS attacks over 1GE and 10GE interfaces
- Converged real-world application traffic mix with fully stateful voice, data and video emulation
- Mix of legitimate and malicious traffic
“The diversity and
frequency of security attacks on mobile networks will expand significantly with
the growth and popularity of smart devices and the mobile internet,” said Aria
Eslambolchizadeh, Sr. Director of QA/Test at SonicWALL. “Ixia’s IxLoad-Attack
product plays a critical industry role in validating the performance and
resiliency of security appliances that protect mobile networks.”
“The growth of
high-performance smart devices, combined with social network services and the
general lack of client device security, make wireless networks fertile ground
for security attacks,” said Joe Zeto, Sr. manager, market development at Ixia.
“Ixia’s IxLoad-Attack provides the massive scalability and robust set of
attacks necessary for mobile operators to deploy secure networks without
compromising network performance.”
Resources:
For more
information on Ixia security solutions, click here http://www.ixiacom.com/solutions/testing_security/index.php.
For more
information on IxLoad-Attack, see this link http://www.ixiacom.com/pdfs/library/quick_ref_sheets/ixload-attack-qrs.pdf.
About Ixia
Ixia provides the industry’s most comprehensive converged IP testing solution – from the wireless edge to the Internet core. Network equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises, and government agencies use Ixia’s industry-leading test and simulation platforms to design and validate a broad range of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/LTE networking equipment and networks. Ixia’s solutions create real-world conditions by emulating a full range of high-scaling networking protocols and generating media-rich application traffic to validate performance, conformance and security of cloud, core, data center, wireless, and multiplay networks. For more information, visit www.ixiacom.com.
Ixia provides the industry’s most comprehensive converged IP testing solution – from the wireless edge to the Internet core. Network equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises, and government agencies use Ixia’s industry-leading test and simulation platforms to design and validate a broad range of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/LTE networking equipment and networks. Ixia’s solutions create real-world conditions by emulating a full range of high-scaling networking protocols and generating media-rich application traffic to validate performance, conformance and security of cloud, core, data center, wireless, and multiplay networks. For more information, visit www.ixiacom.com.