Advanced Network Computing Laboratory (ANCL) vision is to build the industry leader in Advanced Network education, security, testing and publishing through a balanced partnership between industry and academia. This partnership will help maintain the United States’ technology leadership and focus attention on Hawaii’s critical role in building and extending that leadership.

Byres Security Inc. is the world leader in providing practical and effective industrial network security and SCADA security products that are simple to implement and which do not require plant shutdowns.

EANTC is an internationally recognized test center. We provide objective, vendor neutral network performance test facilities for manufacturers, service providers and enterprise customers. .

ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, has been providing credible, independent, 3rd party product assurance for end users and enterprises for the last 20 years. ICSA Labs has provided vendor-neutral testing and certification for hundreds of security products and solutions for many of the world’s top security product developers and service providers.

Illinois Institute of Technology is a national, technological, Ph.D.-granting research university, with world-renowned programs in engineering, architecture, the sciences, humanities, psychology, business, law, and design.

Industry Canada is loosely equivalent to the NIST in the US. The Protocol Analysis Lab examines equipment and network technology prior to purchase by the Canadian federal government.

InGuardians, Inc is a vendor-independent Information Security Consultancy based in Washington D.C. Our experts lead the industry in security auditing, penetration testing, forensics, Incident Response and Architecture Review. InGuardians offers complete security solutions for the global market. Whether you are a CIO or Director of Security, a government agency, or a corporation needing Assessment, Response, or Mitigation Services, our team of InGuardians stands ready to serve.

The researchers at Iowa State University (ISU) have undertaken a comprehensive research program, funded by both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Electric Power Research Center (EPRC), to address various research issues pertaining to the cyber physical security of smart grid. This includes: quantitative methodology for cyber risk modeling and mitigation, attack-resilient monitoring, protection, and control algorithms, test-bed development and attack-defense evaluation studies. This is a synergistic collaboration involving researchers from power systems, cyber security, and our industrial partners.

Miercom is a privately held network consultancy, specializing in networking and communications-related product testing and analysis. Our highly-skilled engineers, many with over 21 years of experience in the networking industry, have developed methodologies for testing products as diverse as IP-PBXs, UTM, UC, SAN switches, SIP phones, IPS and IDS systems. Founded in 1988, Miercom has pioneered the comparative assessment of networking hardware and software. We co-sponsored with NetworkWorld the first public display of VoIP Interoperability across H.323 v2 platforms. The results of VoIP, VPN testing and other technology research articles continue to appear in many prestigious industry journals.

Current research involves security for industrial control systems (SCADA, Smartgrid, Smart meters, process control systems). The SCADA Security Lab is investigating control system vulnerabilities and developing methods for control system intrusion detection, forensic data logging, and network traffic authentication.

Network Test is an independent test lab and engineering services consultancy. We test networking equipment and live networks. Our clients include equipment manufacturers, large enterprises, service providers, industry consortia, and trade publications. Independence and rigorous adherence to standards are the hallmarks of Network Test’s benchmarks. Whether clients are testing performance, scalability, interoperability, or protocol conformance, they can rely on Network Test for unbiased, in-depth analysis.

NSS Labs, Inc. is the world’s leading independent, information security research and testing organization. Its expert analyses provide information technology professionals with the unbiased data they need to select the right product for their organizations. Pioneering intrusion detection and prevention system testing with the publication of the first such test criteria in 1999, NSS Labs also evaluates firewall, unified threat management, anti-malware, encryption, web application firewall, and other technologies on a regular basis.

Opus One® is a consulting and information technology firm based in Tucson, Arizona, founded in 1989. Opus One’s corporate goal is to help our clients make the best use of information technology. We focus on efficient and effective solutions to problems of all sizes. Our specialties are in networking, electronic mail, and security.

Each month, SC Magazine Technology Editor Peter Stephenson introduces the Product Section of SC Magazine. Peter has worked with SC Magazine in some capacity for years. Peter is the associate director of Norwich University’s Master of Science in Information Assurance program, as well as associate director of Research and Information Assurance at the Center for Regional and National Security at Eastern Michigan University.

The University of New Hampshire Inter-Operability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) tests networking and data communications products. Since 1988, the laboratory has fostered multi-vendor interoperability while preparing UNH students for careers in the industry. The laboratory has grown steadily into one of the industry’s premier independent proving grounds for new technologies.

Daekyoung Techsys provides testing and technology solutions to Service Providers and Network Equipment Manufacturers in Korea. Services include performance and security solutions to ensure the successful deployment of IP services for large customers.

Empirix is the leading provider of service quality assurance solutions for new IP communications. Empirix’s widely acclaimed Hammer Test Engine™, with patented technology is the global standard for validating the quality of IP networks, systems and applications. The world’s largest service providers, enterprise contact centers, and equipment manufacturers depend on Empirix’s solutions to maintain the quality of the user experience for business-critical voice, data, video and mobile services.

Four Points Technology is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) dedicated to providing IT Products and Professional Services to the Federal Government. Four Points Technology offers solutions that support a wide variety of business initiatives specifically suited for Government organizations.

GCOM is a leading distributor for IP communication testing solutions. GCOM provides testing equipment and services for customers deploying VoIP, LTE and IMS technologies. Customers include network equipment providers, telecommunications and large enterprises.

Paralink Networks delivers a comprehensive family of innovative testing tools and advanced technology solutions for datacom and telecom industry, with the objective of being the leading provider of products to maximize the performance, quality and reliability of network.

Poncom provides IP testing services and network management solutions, with expertise in network performance, network monitoring and functional, reliability and security testing. Poncom’s customers include network equipment manufacturers, telecommunication operators, military, government, banking, and large enterprises.

Mu was named to the SD Times 100 with First Performance Testing Solution for Application-aware Networks.

Step Logic is one of the leading system integrators in the Russian IT marketplace. Step Logic provides professional services and solutions for telecommunications, call-centers, networking providers and enterprise companies. Step Logic’s services and solutions include a wide range of technology offerings, including telephony and video conferencing, servers and storage systems and application infrastructure.

Surpassing is the leading IP services testing reseller for telecommunication companies. Surpassing’s services include performance, conformance, and infrastructure testing to ensure the successful deployment of IP services for their customers. Customers include network equipment manufacturers, telecommunication operators, and large enterprises.

VirtualArmor’s mission is to provide a comprehensive network security solution used to define, deploy, execute, monitor and maintain the complexity of business logic. This logic includes policies, requirements, and conditional statements that are used to determine the tactical actions that take place in applications and systems.

The integration of Mu Studio Performance into the Junosphere environment allows Juniper customers to accurately recreate thousands of applications to model the mix of traffic of their actual environment and validate application-level policies on firewalls or networking systems.

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Related links:

• Mu Dynamics blog: Driving Real Application Traffic Through Junosphere Virtual Infrastructure
• Juniper Networks press release: Juniper Unveils Junosphere: Cloud-based Environment Dramatically Lowers Cost of Network Modeling, Testing and Design

Mu Dynamics provides critical value to all test organizations implementing the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Mu Studio Security helps shorten release cycles, makes issue resolution more efficient, and fundamentally increases software security test coverage.