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HP leads the way in latest NSS Labs NGIPS group test

HP recently announced that HP TippingPoint has completed the most recent Network Intrusion Prevention IPS Group Test.

NSS Labs tested the flagship HP TippingPoint 6100N Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) with real-world traffic mixes and multiple exploit attack and evasion techniques. The 6100N delivered 100% coverage against all evasions and attack techniques out of the box with no additional tuning. In addition, 88% of exploits were blocked with no tuning. When tuned, the HP TippingPoint IPS blocked over 91% of exploits successfully. Measured against a real-world mix of traffic, the 6100N delivered 10,7 Gbps of inspected throughput.

The results of the testing prove that TippingPoint continues to pioneer Network Intrusion Prevention and establish its market leadership in NGIPS. The 6100N is the first IPS that NSS Labs has tested and approved as part of its 2012 IPS Group Test.

“For multigigabit environments looking to upgrade defences from their current IPS, the 6100N TOS 3.2.2 provides excellent protection,” said Vikram Phatak, CTO of NSS Labs. “HP has demonstrated significant improvements in protection and has passed all evasion, stability and leakage tests with an excellent blockage rate. In addition, the HP TippingPoint management system was easy to use and powerful, making it ideal for use in enterprise organisations or multitenanted environments such as service providers. Tuning and maintenance is simple and well thought out, making it a good choice for most any environment.”

“As HP continues to innovate in the network security space, independent validation of our solutions is critical,” said Chris Schaaf, regional sales manager, Sub-Saharan and South Africa, HP. “The independent test results of our recommended and tuned policy settings show that the HP TippingPoint IPS product, backed by our industry-leading HP DVLabs security intelligence and research organisation, provides customers the assurance that their organisation is protected."

What differentiates HP TippingPoint from the pack?

In addition to leading NGIPS solutions, HP TippingPoint delivers intelligence research through HP DVLabs. The DVLabs team defines, develops and delivers NGIPS security services, including Reputation DV, Application DV, Web Application DV, Digital Vaccine Toolkit, and Digital Vaccine filter service. When combined with the HP TippingPoint Security Management System (SMS) and ThreatLinQ security portal, organisations get instant visibility into the global threat environment, along with integrated event data, resulting in better policy decision making, better device management, and a better security posture for their networks.

More information about HP TippingPoint solutions is available at www.hpenterprisesecurity.com

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