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
Measurable assurance, without building a lab
Minion brings testing rigor from NSS Labs — historically available only through large, bespoke engagements — into a repeatable, scalable model that works for technical and executive stakeholders alike.
Independent & credible
Results come from NSS Labs — a neutral third party trusted by enterprises, vendors, and auditors worldwide — not from the vendor selling the product.
Real-world threat realism
Continuously refreshed exploits, malware, evasions, and false positives drawn from active threat intelligence — not synthetic QA traffic.
Fully managed
NSS Labs designs the tests, maintains the threat library, manages the infrastructure, and runs the runs. No in-house test lab, travel, or specialist headcount required.
Repeatable & versioned
Version-controlled threat packs let you re-run identical conditions across products, configurations, and time — producing audit-aligned, comparable outcomes.
Faster & lighter
Far quicker and more cost-effective than red-team or custom penetration engagements — ideal for recurring, on-demand validation.
Audit-defensible evidence
Executive summaries and technical detail map to governance and regulatory expectations, turning evidence collection into a byproduct of normal operations.
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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