"For more than 4 years, Mu has been the Avant-garde leader in innovating technology to address the challenges associated with testing IP
services. "

Mike Monticello
Principal Analyst, Security and Risk Management
EMA Associates

The Advanced Network Computing Laboratory (ANCL) vision is to be 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 that 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.

Estacado Systems was founded in June of 2004 to assist service providers and equipment manufacturers in understanding and developing solutions for Voice-over-IP, Presence, and Instant Messaging systems. To achieve this, we have pulled together some of the foremost minds in these fields into one company. Estacado was acquired by Tekelec on January 18th, 2008.

Extreme Labs, Inc. is heavily involved in private research on high-end, enterprise-level computing platforms. We specialize in operating systems, high-speed computing platforms, wireless infrastructure (with a grain of salt), availability technologies, and security infrastructure. You'll find our published work at trade magazine websites (and deforestation alternates) at Network World Magazine, InfoSecurity News, and at other sites.

• Five Network "Sleepers" - Best Products of 2008 

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.

• Mu is working with ICSA Labs on the USGv6 Program  

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.

• Mu supports projects in the VoIP Lab around IMS and VoLTE 

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.

InfraCritical was formed as a result of the need to establish and define standards and protocols for critical infrastructure protection (CIP). InfraCritical is one of the industrial leaders within the private sector, providing research to management, best practice capabilities, education and training, information sharing practices, and (most importantly) information security awareness programs to both private and public sectors throughout the United States, Canada and North America.

Mu Dynamics participated in the inaugural event hosted by InfraCritical known as "The Gathering," 14-15 May 2010.

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.

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.

Recent lab tests using the Mu Test Suite:

• SonicWALL’s Network Security Appliance (NSA) E7500 
• ProSecure STM600 UTM 
• Cisco Branch Office Routers 

Neohapsis provides governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) products and security services to highly regulated commercial enterprises and government agencies. Our customers are industry leaders who are faced with increasing risk management and regulatory requirements. Neohapsis works with them to transform disparate compliance and risk management silos into consolidated frameworks that enable enterprise-wide governance and risk awareness. Our customers look to us for solutions that facilitate sound governance and information security.

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.

• How we Tested Juniper's Switch 

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.

• NSS Labs started using the Mu Test Suite in 2006 

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.

• IBM Proventia Network IPS with Crossbeam X80 Platform 

SC Magazine’s new Technology Editor Peter Stephenson introduces the monthly Product Section of SC Magazine. As many of our loyal readers likely are aware, Peter has worked with SC Magazine in some capacity for years. Indeed, his straight-talking opinions once filled our news pages in a long-standing monthly contribution that has been taken over by a rotation of experts. 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.

Recent Articles:

• Technology Report (12/2008) - New Security Solutions
• Trend Micro™ Worry-Free™ Business Security Comparative
• 2009 Innovator Award - Vulnerability Analysis: Mu Dynamics
• A Sophisticated Tool for Sophisticated Problems - the Big Gun

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.

• IPv6 Consortium (contributor; USGv6 Testing)
• VoIP Consortium (contributor)