Mu Security to Advance IMS Robustness by Participating in IMS Forum Plugfest III Interoperability Event.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Mu Security, a pioneer in the security analyzer market, today announced that it will participate in the IMS Forum's IMS Plugfest[TM] III interoperability test event to be held October 15-19 at the IMS Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. Mu Security will analyze SIP and IMS messages for protocol implementation flaws within all available products present at the event.

The IMS Forum Plugfests bring together a critical mass of IMS vendors to prove out end-to-end IMS solutions in a vendor-neutral lab environment. Vendors that participate in these Plugfests get to discover and validate implementation scenarios before their products are deployed in the field.

Mu Security's Mu-4000 platform incorporates a mature SIP negative testing or "stateful fuzzing" implementation with IMS extensions, and is able to statefully examine the complex interactions that are required to set up, maintain, and tear down a call. All devices and roles within an IMS network have to process certain types of SIP messages, and must be prepared to "expect the unexpected" due to the rapid evolution of these standards, and the wide variety of quality of implementations with which they must communicate. The Mu-4000 excels at generating unexpected traffic that is designed to statefully destabilize real implementations of these complex protocols, and integrates these test cases into a "lights-out" automation framework.

"The testing that Mu Security performs is specifically designed to expose IMS implementation weaknesses in ways that positive interoperability testing alone cannot, thereby strengthening IMS revenue generating services for carriers worldwide," said Kishore Seshadri, vice president of product management at Mu Security. "The end result is vendors can confidently represent to service providers that the Plugfest-tested products are very robust."

The IMS Forum's IMS Plugfest[TM] III fosters interoperability and certification for IMS services and applications. IMS Plugfests allow service providers to quickly realize revenue from their IMS investments by significantly reducing the time to market for new services and applications.

Plugfest III, "A Network of Services," will be focusing on the realization of applications and services delivered over the IMS and NGN networks. Services to be tested include:

* Security, Reliability and Robustness Testing for IMS Services

* VoIP, Instant Messaging, and FMC 

* Video and Multimedia

* Services for Businesses and Unified Communications 

* User and Application Profile Handling

About the IMS Forum

The IMS Forum([R]) is a global, non-profit industry association devoted to interoperable IP Multimedia Subsystems services and solutions. IMS Forum's mission is to accelerate the interoperability of IMS applications and services, enabling enterprise and residential consumers to quickly benefit from the delivery of quadruple play voice, video, internet and mobile services over broadband via cable, wireless and fixed networks. The IMS Forum is the creator and organizer of the IMS Plugfest[TM], the industry's only event focused on IMS services interoperability verification and certification.

Through its organized Plugfests, working group interaction, and other activities, forum members are able to develop cost-effective technical frameworks for converged IP services over wireline, cable, 3G, WiFi and WiMAX networks. Plugfest III will be held October 15-19, 2007 by the IMS Forum at the UNH Interoperability Lab. An IMS Open House open to the public will be held on Oct 18 at 1 p.m. at the same location. For additional information or to join the IMS Forum and the IMS Plugfests, please visit www.IMSForum.org.

About Mu Security

Mu Security offers a market-leading 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 pioneers of intrusion detection and prevention technology, Mu Security is backed by preeminent venture capital firms including Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.musecurity.com.