Breakingpoint Quicktest - Turn-Key Performance and Cybersecurity Testing

Problem: Complexity of Cybersecurity Testing

A properly conducted cybersecurity assessment provides details about network or device performance while handling traffic of various complexities — from basic Layer 2-3 to web to complex application mixes with and without various threat vectors. Similarly, a deep securityeffectiveness assessment will need a combination of threat vectors and evasion techniques to accurately gauge an infrastructure’s capability to detect, allow, or block different types of attacks. This validation is critical to ensuring a high-performing and secure network.

However, many organizations do not perform these assessments on a regular basis because the tools capable of such testing are too complex, network configuration changes are too frequent, or they lack staff with the knowledge required to analyze test results.

Solution: Turn-Key Tests Designed to Accelerate Testing and Reduce Learning Curve

BreakingPoint QuickTest simplifies application performance and security-effectiveness assessments by providing individual test methodologies based on the type of test needed. Test suites included or planned near-term include encryption performance, NetSecOPEN, system performance, perimeter assessment, and device security. These easy-to-use test methodologies leverage the ongoing research from our global Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) team and the many years of experience Ixia engineers have in testing various application and security devices and networks.

The test suites employ powerful stabilization and goal-seeking algorithms and expert analysis that ensure accurate assessment of a diverse set of devices and systems and deliver actionable insights after each test run.

BreakingPoint QuickTest delivers all the power of our industry-leading BreakingPoint, enabling organizations to optimize the speed of their cybersecurity testing without compromise.

Key features: 

• Pre-created, turn-key test suites designed to obfuscate complex testing

• Self-adjusting, self-learning, goal-seeking algorithms designed to work in varied environments

• Every assessment is followed by an actionable report/recommendation and observations 

• Continuous updates with new suites and categories to cover newer scenarios

Product Capabilities

A simplified user interface ensures a short learning curve for both new and existing BreakingPoint customers. BreakingPoint QuickTest is available in the same web application framework (WAF) used to access the BreakingPoint Chassis.

Pre-packaged traffic profiles with adjustable load

Once logged in, users see their recently executed test runs and the available turn-key test methodology suites. The “Performance” test suite runs a series of web, encrypted-web, data center, social-media, and business application mix tests to characterize the performance aspects of any system or device under test (SUT or DUT). Similarly, the “Security” test suite will run various types of attacks like exploits, malware, malicious URL access, and attacks with different evasion strategies along with a steady stream of background traffic to accurately measure the security efficacy of a DUT/SUT in detecting and blocking attacks while maintaining seamless traffic continuity. The Guardrails button allows users to set the maximum traffic load for the test run.

BreakingPoint QuickTest welcome screen showcasing recent test runs and available test suites

Under each suite there are several categories of assessments that you can select or deselect. The carefully designed user interface (UI) ensures that most of the complex decision making has been packaged so you can run any of the pre-canned suites with minimal clicks. For example, the “Performance” suite uses several multifaceted application mixes, which are usually complex to configure, and time consuming to run and stabilize over various environments. However, with BreakingPoint QuickTest, you can qualify your datacenter performance with a click of a button and receive realistic performance numbers.