Cascadia Labs Reviews Mu Security's New Mu-4000 Security Analyzer.New Class of Security Analysis System Lauded for Detecting Both Published and Undocumented Vulnerabilities SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Mu Security, a pioneer in the new security analyzer market, today announces the completion and publication of a thorough product review of its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the Mu-4000 Security Analyzer by Cascadia Labs. Cascadia Labs, a leading independent product testing lab that provides objective, third-party evaluations of technology products is headed by former PC Magazine technical director of networking, Robert Lipschutz. The Mu-4000 Security Analyzer incorporates a complete security analysis lifecycle that replicates a "tiger team tiger team - (US military jargon) 1. Originally, a team whose purpose is to penetrate security, and thus test security measures. These people are paid professionals who do hacker-type tricks, e.g. " in a box. The potent protocol mutations within the Mu-4000 Security Analyzer allow customers to find both published and unknown 0-day vulnerabilities in a target application or device. The Mu Security Analyzer creates mutations using the Protocol Spidering[TM] methodology that generates millions of permutations of improper or illegal protocol behaviors that violate the structure, state, or semantics semantics [Gr.,=significant] in general, the study of the relationship between words and meanings. The empirical study of word meanings and sentence meanings in existing languages is a branch of linguistics; the abstract study of meaning in relation to language or of each protocol. Mu Security's customers can find vulnerabilities and use the Mu-4000's remediation tools to help their vendors fix them before hackers are able to find or exploit the vulnerabilities, thus being "secure before zero day." Using its web-based interface, the operator of the Mu-4000 is able to pinpoint potentially dangerous security shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
During a month-long review of the Mu-4000 Security Analyzer, Cascadia Labs documented Mu Security's platform automation, graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to and detailed analysis reporting that proves helpful to both end-user IT organizations and product development quality assurance environments. Among the key findings in Cascadia Labs' review of the Mu-4000: * The Mu-4000 appliance helps product developers and enterprise IT, QA and security departments automate the discovery and expedite the remediation of both published and unpublished security vulnerabilities in IP-based software or hardware products. * The Mu-4000 also provides a convenient platform for automating any existing product analysis scripts, driving formerly labor-intensive in-house or third party scripts and test suites. * The inclusion of published vulnerabilities together with the ability to test protocol mutations provides a comprehensive framework for vulnerability testing. "We're impressed with the Mu-4000's ability to uncover protocol-level vulnerabilities and with its ability to automate and document the entire test process," said Cascadia Labs Partner Robert Lipschutz. "We were able to detect defects in devices such as IP phones, unified threat management See UTM. (UTM (Unified Threat Management) Refers to a stand-alone appliance or a software package that combines a firewall, antivirus, spam and content filtering as well as intrusion detection. See firewall, antivirus, antispam and IDS. ) products, and enterprise content-filtering appliances. The Mu-4000 can help both product and end-user companies identify costly vulnerabilities and expedite remediation." The Cascadia Labs review is now available for download: http://www.cascadialabs.com/reports/Mu-4000.pdf. About Cascadia Labs Cascadia Labs performs independent evaluations of technology products. The company provides technology companies, venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] , and industry publications with objective, focused testing and analysis of hardware and software for enterprise, small-business, and consumer audiences. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.cascadialabs.com. About Mu Security Mu Security offers a new class of security analysis system, delivering a rigorous and streamlined methodology for verifying the robustness and security readiness of any IP-based product or application. Founded by the pioneers of intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. and prevention technology, Mu Security is backed by preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae venture capital firms that include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon and DAG Ventures. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.musecurity.com/. |
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