The Test Insider Volume 5: Testing the Cloud, Interop Hype, and Microsoft Tuesday Updates

Keeping your testing skills current in this time of unprecedented tech innovation and industry change is paramount for career growth. In this Test Insider we take a deep dive into cloud computing and how it's changing the test industry. Read on to learn what you need to know about the top announcements at Interop, OLE2 evasion and how to test cloud servers and infrastructures using blended applications, live security strikes and a high number of sessions to simulate realistic load.

Additionally, check out the latest evasion techniques discovered by the BreakingPoint Labs research team and watch Jimmy Ray Purser discuss testing on TechWise TV.

Enjoy and keep on testing!

Quick Links:

• Will Cloud Computing Be the Tipping Point for Change in the Industry?
• Testing a Moving Target: Four Considerations for Ensuring the Performance and Security of Cloud Infrastructures
• What Does it Actually Take to Test the Cloud Infrastructure
• Evasion with OLE2 Fragmentation
• TechWise TV: "Network Testing Reaches Breaking Point"

Will Cloud Computing Be the Tipping Point for Change in the Industry?

The cloud computing space is heating up and users are starting to ask the right questions about cloud availability and security. Will cloud computing suffer the "Vista effect" if the testing industry doesn't lead the way for better performance, security, and load testing? Take a closer look at the major issues facing cloud vendors and why it's time to invest in new ways of testing cloud infrastructures.

Testing a Moving Target: Four Considerations for Ensuring the Performance and Security of Cloud Infrastructures

It's time to get serious about testing the cloud's infrastructure. It is a complex environment and there are four main considerations for ensuring the performance and security of cloud infrastructures; elasticity, realism, scalability, security. Read what leading folks in the cloud computing industry have to say on each of these four challenges.

How to Test the Cloud Infrastructure Today

Testing the cloud infrastructure obviously means looking at a large number of variables, but it also comes back to many of the tenants around "truth in testing" including the need to test with stateful blended application mixes, live security strikes and realistic load. Watch Dennis Cox talk about what it takes to test the cloud infrastructure and specifically how BreakingPoint Elite's functionality can help you today.

Evasion with OLE2 Fragmentation

Comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Tuesday patches is a critical element of realistic testing. During the latest Patch Tuesday the BreakingPoint Labs security research team discovered a simple way to bypass mainstream anti-virus and IPS signatures for malicious Office documents. Read this post talking about the method used and some of test results against popular anti-virus products.

TechWise TV: "Network Testing Reaches Breaking Point"

During the recent RSA Conference, TechWiseTV's Jimmy Ray Purser talked with BreakingPoint. Jimmy Ray has tested his share of network equipment and knows the pain of legacy testing tools, so the conversation that ensued was both informative and entertaining. Watch the video interview they entitled "Network Testing Reaches Breaking Point".