Evergreen Applications Key to Validating Lawful Intercept, Data Loss Prevention, and DPI Systems
by Kyle FlahertyWeb and network applications have become a ubiquitous part of our every day lives. From email applications such as Google Gmail and Microsoft's Hotmail, to instant messaging apps like AOL Messaging and Jabber. We now depend on these applications to communicate on a personal and business level. These are also the applications that are constantly being updated with new features and fixes. Therefore, when it comes to validating the performance, security, and stability of network systems handling these applications it is best to be using the most current version of these protocols.
Validating Lawful Intercept and Data Loss Prevention Systems
It is even more important for organizations and governments advancing the capabilities and performance of deep packet inspection (DPI), Lawful Intercept (LI), and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) products. These solutions are working at the application layer and must be able to recognize protocols in order to execute their functionality. One slight change in a popular application and important data may fall through the cracks. When we are talking about Lawful Intercept, this could mean information that would help law enforcement prevent a crime, or in the case of DLP prevent sensitive information from leaking outside the walls of an organization. Because these Web and network applications are so popular, and are being changed so often, it has become necessary to provide ever-current versions of these protocols for realistic validation.
Today BreakingPoint has addressed this challenge with the launch of BreakingPoint Evergreen Applications™. The Evergreen Applications program expands upon BreakingPoint’s Application and Threat Intelligence™ (ATI) repository of applications and attacks, providing ever-current versions of popular Web and network applications.
How Evergreen Applications Program Works
Each week the BreakingPoint ATI research team will review any changes to popular Web and network protocols including instant messaging and Webmail applications such as Google Gmail, Microsoft’s Hotmail, AOL Messaging, ICQ, Jabber, and more. The team will then provide an updated version of these protocols to BreakingPoint Storm CTM customers who have a current ATI program agreement. Now bolstered by the BreakingPoint Evergreen Applications program, the BreakingPoint Storm CTM is key to validating the resiliency of systems used for Lawful Intercept, Data Loss Prevention, network security, and more.
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