BreakingPoint and Crossbeam presentation "How To Evaluate High-Performance Network Security Equipment" at the RSA Conference 2011

1. How To Evaluate High-Performance
Network Security Equipment
February 15th at 4:30 pm

2. IT Firestorm Threatens Business Performance

3. Does High-Performance = Resilient?
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4. Crossbeam
WHAT WE DO
Crossbeam provides a portfolio of scalable network security platforms, that enables:
• …Enterprises, Service Providers and Government agencies to consolidate their security
infrastructure
• …an adaptable architecture that can meet and scale with the needs of the business
• …Inspire confidence in the network by creating a virtual ‘security-cloud’ infrastructure that
can self-heal
• …maximize security by utilizing an open eco-system with best-in-class security application
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5. 4 Keys to Evaluating High-Performance Gear: #1
Real-World Blended Application Traffic
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6. 4 Keys to Evaluating High-Performance Gear: #2
Enable Rules and Commence Attack
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7. 4 Keys to Evaluating High-Performance Gear: #3
Set-Up, and Tear-Down, Connections
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8. 4 Keys to Evaluating High-Performance Gear: #4
Sustaining Connections, During Load
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9. How? Attack Thyself!
Real Attacks
• 4,500 live security attacks
• 100+ evasions
• Malware
• Spam
• DDoS and Botnet simulation
• Custom attacks
• Research and frequent updates
Real World Applications
• 150+ application protocols
• Social media, peer-to-peer, voice, video
• Web and enterprise applications, gaming
• Custom applications
• Frequent updates
Unprecedented Performance
• 120 Gbps blended application traffic
• 90M concurrent TCP sessions
• 3M TCP sessions/second
• 38 Gbps SSL bulk encryption

10. Validating High-Performance Gear
High-Performance Network Gear
Client
Simulation
150+ Blended
Application
Traffic (ex: MySQL, Oracle,
HTTP, etc.) +
4500+ Live
Security
Strikes
+
Millions of Sessions
BreakingPoint Storm CTM
REMEMBER TO EVALUATE:
1. Performance with blended applications
2. Performance with security rules enabled
3. Ability to set-up AND tear-down connections
4. Ability to sustain connections, during load

11. Questions and Answers
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