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Rethink cloud computing testing and harden the resiliency of cloud infrastructures
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The challenges of measuring the resiliency—the performance, security, and stability—of cloud-based systems go far beyond the size and complexity of these environments. Cloud computing is marked by constant evolution of:
- Massive shared network and application infrastructures.
- Highly variable—and often unpredictable—pools of users.
- Dynamic resource allocation in virtualized environments.
Since legacy testing tools are typically designed for LAN-based environments, it is hard—if not impossible—to use them for understanding and optimizing resiliency in such a complex setting. What’s needed, instead, is a technologically innovative approach that delivers a real-world mix of application traffic and security attacks at massive load, then analyzes the impact of those realistic conditions upon the performance, security, and stability of cloud services.
Cloud computing aims to allow easy access to shared computing resources while freeing your organization from the capital outlays of owning its own IT infrastructure. But how do you know your cloud infrastructure will be resilient in the real world against rapidly evolving cyber attacks, a growing volume of users, and high-stress application load? You must ensure that your vital cloud-based services will can handle your unique business application traffic, peak user load, and security attacks. For the health of your business, you must harden resiliency by finding the optimal balance of performance, security, and stability of the cloud services that are crucial to your business operations.
Testing cloud infrastructures to be resilient against attack and high-stress load
Understanding how to find that balance requires precise insight into the performance of every element of your infrastructure under your own mix of conditions. As they try to gather that insight, some cloud vendors have relied on legacy tools deployed across hundreds of servers in cloud environments. The net result: an amalgamation of tools and workarounds that is hugely expensive yet brittle—and that cannot scale to address the task at hand.
At the same time, some organizations are using “cloud load testing” solutions with the promise of stress-testing the cloud. But these tools are also inadequate, because they are not sending real-world application traffic and have no ability to assess the impact of security attacks. Without the ability to integrate the true mix of conditions present on the cloud—applications, strikes, and immense user load—you are left guessing about the true resiliency of your cloud environment. But guessing is not enough—you have to know.
BreakingPoint Cloud Testing Solutions
BreakingPoint's line of products and services enables you to employ your own customized mix of user traffic, applications, and live security strikes to pinpoint hidden weaknesses within even the largest cloud environments. With it, you can ensure that your cloud infrastructure is operating at the highest performance levels and with optimal security before, during, and after any change—software upgrades, configuration updates, traffic profile changes, or newly-discovered attacks. Plus, its scalability means that you can easily address capacity demands, ensure that defense-in-depth measures are protecting your sensitive data, confirm that a denial of service (DoS) attack will never take down services, and pinpoint weaknesses in cloud infrastructures of any scale.
Using the BreakingPoint CTM for testing cloud infrastructures enables you to:
- Mitigate the risk of network failures and performance bottlenecks.
- Defend networks, applications, and data against cyber assaults.
- Accelerate the delivery of next-generation services.
- Reduce the costs associated with replicating global network conditions.
- Ensure compliance with industry and government standards.
- Make more informed purchase decisions.
The largest enterprises with the most at stake rely on BreakingPoint to ensure the resiliency of their cloud infrastructure. Find out how to join them by requesting a demo today.
