Gain assurance with control effectiveness validation
Minion by NSS Labs is a managed cybersecurity testing platform that delivers independent, evidence-based validation of security technologies under real-world threat conditions — repeatable, comparable, and audit-defensible.
Noise in → Signal out
A growing family of Minions across the security stack
Minion extends the NSS Labs methodologies into a scalable, appliance-delivered Test-as-a-Service platform. Each Minion validates a specific technology domain, with new domains added as methodologies mature.
Two appliance models cover up to 1 Gbps and up to 10 Gbps of test throughput, with up to 40/100 Gbps on the roadmap.
From focused runs in minutes to a comprehensive suite in roughly five days — run one-time, quarterly, monthly, or change-driven.
Managed delivery, real threat samples, results on the dimensions that matter, and engineering- and compliance-ready reporting.
Stop trusting the claim. Start measuring the signal.
Run a focused trial on one high-priority control area and produce an effectiveness report that your security, risk and audit stakeholders will accept as evidence.
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