by Thomas Skybakmoen | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog
OVER 2.5 MILLION SUSPICIOUS URL’S YIELDED OVER 2,400 DRIVE BY EXPLOITS USED BY THREAT ACTORS IN ACTIVE CAMPAIGNS. Over the past few years, several trends have emerged, each posing challenges for intrusion prevention systems: social media, remote workers, wireless,...
by Thomas Skybakmoen | May 9, 2016 | Blog
During NSS Labs’ 2016 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Prevention Solutions Group Test, the Huawei AntiDDoS8030 V500R001C00SPC600 negatively impacted the baseline traffic. This was caused by internal VLAN tags leaking to the external interface, which resulted in...
by Thomas Skybakmoen | Mar 2, 2016 | Blog
It is common knowledge that today’s cyberthreats are dynamic in nature. Cybercriminals are constantly adopting new techniques to evade security defenses, and it is reasonable to assume that the security products protecting the enterprise today will not protect the...
by Thomas Skybakmoen | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog
During the BDS 2.0 group test, the Check Point appliance tested with a 1Gbps interface. Subsequently, a 10Gbps interface was provided and tested. The 10 Gbps expansion module was tested and rated by NSS at 7,000 Mbps. For greater detail, reference the updated Test...
by Thomas Skybakmoen | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog
In NSS Labs’ recent Breach Detection Systems (BDS) test, Fortinet failed to achieve 100 percent detection in some of the evasions test categories (v1.43 build 0120). After working closely with NSS, Fortinet rolled out a new software fix (v2.10 build 0081) to address...
by Thomas Skybakmoen | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
NSS once asked: “Will breach detection systems become the latest security “silver bullet” – or a “white elephant?” Precious Metal Projectile or Pale Pachyderm? To answer this question, we must review the NSS definition of a breach detection system (BDS), as seen in...
