Harden Network and Data Center Infrastructure Against Stress and Attack Sophisticated pre-deployment strategies must be adopted by any Multiple System Operator (MSO) seeking to roll out new services while delivering the Quality of Experience (QoE) to retain existing subscribers and attract new ones. With the advent of triple-play services, MSOs’ traditional hybrid  ber/coax (HFC) plant has evolved into a packet delivery network. MSOs need to harden and maintain network and data center infrastructures to be resilient against high-stress application loads while providing a high level of security and defending against malevolent attacks. MSOs are also faced with managing their traffic mixes including Over the Top (OTT), VoIP, streaming video, gaming, peer-to-peer, and social media. The BreakingPoint Storm CTM is unique in its ability to meet all of these challenges – simulating over 150 application protocols and provides the realism the required in a development environment so that issues can be detected and  fixed in the lab prior to deployment in the production network.

1. BreakingPoint for MSOs
Harden Network and Data Center Infrastructure Against
Stress and Attack
Sophisticated pre-deployment strategies must be • Validate performance and security claims that are
adopted by any Multiple System Operator (MSO) made by equipment vendors during product bake-o s
seeking to roll out new services while delivering • Measure the resiliency of network devices and
the Quality of Experience (QoE) to retain existing systems throughout their life cycle, using the
subscribers and attract new ones.
scienti c, repeatable BreakingPoint Resiliency Score
With the advent of triple-play services, MSOs’
traditional hybrid ber/coax (HFC) plant has evolved BreakingPoint Storm CTM Speci cations:
into a packet delivery network. MSOs need to harden The BreakingPoint Storm CTM is a three-slot chassis
and maintain network and data center infrastructures device that provides the equivalent performance and
to be resilient against high-stress application loads simulation of racks and racks of servers, including:
while providing a high level of security and defending
against malevolent attacks. MSOs are also faced with • 40 Gigabits per second of blended stateful
managing their tra c mixes including Over the Top application tra c
(OTT), VoIP, streaming video, gaming, peer-to-peer, and • 30 million concurrent TCP sessions
social media. The BreakingPoint Storm CTM is unique
in its ability to meet all of these challenges – simulating • 1.5 million TCP sessions per second
over 150 application protocols. • 600,000+ complete TCP sessions per second
• 80,000+ SSL sessions per second
BreakingPoint Storm CTM™ Capabilities:
The BreakingPoint Storm CTM™ provides the realism • 150+ stateful application protocols
required in a development environment so that issues • 4,500+ live security strikes
can be detected and xed in the lab prior to deployment
in the production network. The BreakingPoint Storm
CTM is a single compact product that enables network
security engineers, network engineers, and architects to:
• Model complex tra c mixes in the high volumes
associated with consumers and business customers
• Validate security devices and their performance
under real-world loads
• Measure the resiliency of network elements and
security devices operating with 40 Gbps loads
• Thoroughly stress and measure the resiliency of About BreakingPoint Systems
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