This morning on the floor of RSA Conference BreakingPoint unveiled the BreakingPoint Resiliency Score™, a new approach to objectively measure the resiliency of network and security equipment, putting an end to data sheet speculation. We’ve all been there, of course, reading a product data sheet that provides data on performance and security of a piece of network or data center equipment. But, we have all reached the point where we basically ignore much of this data.
The reason isn’t that the information is fictitious, it is simply not based on real-world scenarios. BreakingPoint is all about real-world simulation, as anyone who reads this blog regularly knows. The BreakingPoint Resiliency Score takes this ability to simulate real-world applications, real-time security strikes and maximum load to provide an objective, repeatable and scientifically measured certification of the performance, security and stability of any network or network device.
The press release that went out this morning had a great quote from BreakingPoint CTO Dennis Cox. It summarizes why this is important for all of us:
“Certification for performance and security is nothing new; in fact, we have come to expect it for everything from our phones to our automobiles. Yet network equipment, which supports our businesses and governments, has no standardized certification for performance and security. Instead we rely on statements made in product marketing literature, which are based on best-case scenarios, not real-world truths. Organizations want measurable answers, not assurances, when it comes to cybersecurity. The BreakingPoint Resiliency Score cuts through all the speculation and confusion and uses a scientific methodology that provides a deterministic and repeatable certification of any vendor claim.”
If you are at RSA Conference stop by booth 1356 and we would gladly show you how Resiliency Score works.