Challenge Government agencies face a variety of challenges as they migrate to IP services: The threat of cyber-warfare is escalating. Recently, CBS News reported that the Pentagon spent more than $100 million within the previous six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber-attacks and other computer network problems. Critical infrastructure is moving toward IP. The transition from closed, proprietary architectures to open, IP-based systems delivers richer capabilities and greater operational efficiency, but also come with many risks. These include the introduction of unfamiliar software stacks in new types of deployments and interconnection of formerly isolated networks with non-industrial control system networks. IPv6 Migration. As IPv6 becomes the mandatory standard protocol for many government agencies, it poses new challenges. IPv6 has some significant implications for security, despite its reputation for strong security. For instance, the larger address space of IPv6 makes scanning certain IP prefixes more difficult than in IPv4, which makes IPv6 more resistant to malicious traffic, but also makes it more difficult to identify unlisted rogue malware machines using distributed attack and spoofing techniques over IPv6. Adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products. Government agencies and departments are rapidly converging voice, data and video services on a common IP infrastructure to take advantage of the efficiency and cost savings of a single infrastructure. However, commercial products may have software bugs that may put the reliability and security of critical systems in jeopardy. Solution
The Mu Test Suite IP Services Test Solution helps Government suppliers and their operational agency clientele customize their testing needs. Using Mu’s unique collection of testing methodologies and ability to use a variety of test case development, the entire government ecosystem is able to: Proactively test all Cybersecurity resources – not simply one-time product tests - Combine IPv6-based testing throughout resilience, scale, functionality, and security
- Automate the inclusion of community-based test content such as the ICSI ECSA emerging Test Suite into customers test regime
Mu Dynamics has dozens of man-years of testing experience working with customers who are the very largest civilian and federal government agencies and their suppliers. Government product developers and agencies count on Mu unique ability to rapidly generate tests that are custom built for their needs. Moreover the approach allows both Government agency testers and their growing supplier based to leverage test assets across multiple types of testing such as functional, interoperability, resilience, and security. | 
