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Key Features
- Hardware Platforms
- High-performance appliances capable of generating stateful traffic at hundreds of gigabits per second.
- Modular chassis options with scalable interface cards (1G to 100G, copper and fiber).
- Purpose-built for carrier-grade and national lab testing environments.
- Application and Traffic Simulation
- Emulates thousands of applications and protocols (HTTP, VoIP, video, SaaS, P2P).
- Generates realistic user behavior, at scale.
- Threat and Attack Simulation
- Continuously updated library of exploits, malware, ransomware, and evasion techniques.
- Emulates zero-day threats, advanced persistent threats (APT), and multi-vector attacks.
- Inline Security Validation
- Test firewalls, IPS, DDoS appliances, proxies, NDR, and industrial systems (SCADA/ICS).
- Validate inline device performance under safe, controlled test scenarios.
- Advanced Metrics & Analytics
- Real-time dashboards: throughput, latency, drops, error rates.
- Reports designed for compliance and executive visibility.
BreakingPoint Solves Your Real-World Test Challenges
- DDoS Protection – Simulate volumetric (network layer) and application-layer DDoS attacks to validate mitigation strategies.
- Zero-Day Readiness – Test resilience against unknown threats using continuously updated attack libraries.
- SCADA & Industrial Network Security – Assess vulnerabilities and resilience of OT and SCADA networks, critical for energy and utilities.
- Next-Gen Firewall / IPS Validation – Ensure inline security tools scale under real-world attack and traffic loads.
- Regulatory & Compliance Testing – Produce evidence of resilience for audits and certifications.
- Application Performance under Attack – Validate if critical business applications remain usable during cyber incidents.
Benefits for the Client
- Reduce risk proactively: identify weaknesses before attackers exploit them.
- Validate security investments: ensure firewalls, IPS, and DDoS appliances deliver promised performance.
- Operational confidence: test under realistic conditions, at scale.
- Critical infrastructure protection: extend testing to SCADA and industrial networks.
- Future-proof defense: continuous updates reflect the latest threats and attack trends.
Why BreakingPoint is Different ?
- Hardware-accelerated: dedicated appliances designed for massive scale and precision.
- Realism: combines real applications, real threats, and real user behavior.
- Continuously updated intelligence: always current with global threat landscape.
- Multi-domain coverage: enterprise IT, service provider backbones, and industrial OT/SCADA networks.
- Part of Keysight ecosystem: integrates with CyPerf, Vision Packet Brokers, and IxLoad.
Typical Use Cases
- Pre-deployment validation of next-gen firewalls and IPS.
- Benchmarking DDoS protection appliances.
- Securing critical infrastructure (SCADA, energy, utilities).
- Assessing cloud and hybrid network defenses.
- Running continuous security validation in labs and SOCs.
Services & Support (What We Offer)
- Security Test Assessment – determine BreakingPoint deployment scenarios.
- Lab Setup & Integration – deploy appliances and test libraries in enterprise/service provider labs.
- Workshops – DDoS simulation, SCADA resilience testing, zero-day readiness exercises.
- Managed Testing Services – continuous validation campaigns powered by BreakingPoint appliances.
