Taming the Wild, West World of Security Product Testing

The industry has long needed an open, industry-standard testing framework. NetSecOPEN is working to make that happen.

Deciding what products can improve an organization's network security is a complex process. You must weigh a number of factors as part of the purchase decision, one of the most crucial of which is the impact of the product on network performance. However, given the current state of security product testing, it is virtually impossible to perform an accurate "apples-to-apples" product comparison. Proprietary testing methods conducted under uniquely optimized conditions create a chaotic scenario in which everyone plays by their own rules and customers are left struggling to sort it all out. NetSecOPEN is working to solve this problem by developing an open, industry-standard testing framework.

Wild, Wild West

Other industries have established standards, with which all companies must comply, and for good reason. When different companies use the same terms and claim to use the same metrics but define the terms and calculate the metrics entirely differently, it creates chaos for customers.

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