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The recently relaunched NSS Labs has released Minion by NSS Labs, a managed platform designed to validate the performance of cybersecurity products for service providers, enterprises, and vendors.

The remotely managed offering relieves customers of the burden of in-house testing while providing in-depth, objective validation of security products—a must, given the proliferation of cybersecurity threats in today’s AI-oriented environments.

“Security leaders need tools that let them compare and justify cybersecurity decisions with real evidence,” stated Ian Foo, Chief Technology Officer and EVP of Product, in a press release. “Our new data platform will modernize the way we share test data so that enterprises can make faster, smarter decisions across the organization.”

Minion Addresses the Needs of Three Markets

With Minion, NSS Labs is fulfilling a major need among cybersecurity customers of all types—namely, to get an unbiased, real-world view of the actual performance of products before they hit the network. To reach this goal, the platform offers a range of features that meet the requirements of three distinct constituencies.

Read the full article here: https://www.futuriom.com/articles/news/nss-labs-launches-managed-cybersecurity-test-platform/2025/08

It’s important to have quality independent testing of technology. That’s why I think it’s great that technology testing firm NSS Labs has been relaunched as NSS Labs 2.0.

Originally founded in 2007, NSS Labs was a respected testing firm that filled a vital role in independent testing for many years, putting out detailed testing of firewalls and other networking and security products from the top vendors. The original NSS Labs was taken over by a private equity company in 2019 and shuttered in 2020.

The reimagined NSS Labs has been created by original founder Vikram Phatak, who will now serve as the CEO of the new NSS Labs.

Read the full article here: https://www.futuriom.com/articles/news/nss-labs-is-back-and-thats-a-great-thing/2025/07

NSS Labs is navigating an increasingly complex cyber landscape with the emergence of new artificial intelligence and quantum computing threats, as the product testing firm returns in a revamped structure five years after shutting down its operations.

“In cybersecurity, AI and quantum computing, we’re seeing a lot of changes,” NSS Labs 2.0 CEO Vikram Phatak told Inside Cybersecurity, emphasizing that “even large companies that are sophisticated are struggling to have hard data to make decisions.” NSS Labs 2.0 is launching today with a focus on evaluating tools and services for their ransomware, AI and post-quantum cryptographic system defense capabilities.

Read the full article here: NSS Labs relaunches to conduct product testing amid growing AI, quantum computing threats

NSS Labs relaunched with a new ownership structure and leadership, seeing a return for the security testing firm after its dissolution in 2020.

Founder Vikram Phatak returns as CEO for what’s being dubbed as NSS Labs 2.0, with the firm announcing it is now “wholly owned and operated by its senior partners and executive team.”

That team continues a crossover with CyberRatings.org, where NSS Labs has been named the official testing partner as part of its return to operations.

Since 2022, the non-profit, which publishes public test results and research on cybersecurity tech, has offered The NSS Labs archive, a library of material from NSS’s operations prior to its dissolution.

Additionally, Cathy Main joins NSS as chief marketing and communications officer whilst continuing in the role of president at CyberRatings.org.

With its return, NSS Labs says it is tailoring confidential, data-driven testing services to enterprises, security vendors and service providers.

Read the full article here: https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/security-testing-firm-returns-as-nss-labs-20/