This briefing document summarizes the 2005 NSS Group Test Results for Top Layer’s flagship Gigabit IPS product, the Attack MitigatorÔ IPS 5500. As more vendors market their products as Intrusion Prevention Systems (“IPS”), there are few comprehensive product evaluation methodologies that focus on the key attributes necessary for a true IPS product. NSS has become a leading authority for developing the most comprehensive test suite for IPS products.

This paper showcases thought leadership on how intrusion prevention solutions can enable proactive security responses necessary to protect today’s corporate enterprise and its’ customers from the real time threats posed by the widespread cyber terrorists, hackers, and rogue insiders.

Cyber crimes and threats result in dramatic financial losses each year. In the 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, three of the top four "Dollar Amount Losses by Type" were viruses, unauthorized access, and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

With the explosion in Internet connectivity and the mainstream use of broadband and mobile technologies, there has been a huge increase in the number of computer systems and storage devices connected to the public network.

On June 22, 2005, Jonathon Krim of The Washington Post called 2005 “the year of the data breach”, a phrase that, since then, has become common parlance for those observing the state of the fraud/security marketplace1. 2005 saw highprofile breaches at payment processors, banks, retailers, and data brokers, breaches that compromised social security card numbers, credit card data, account numbers, and other important personal/financial data, of tens of millions of US citizens.

With the explosion in Internet connectivity and the mainstream use of broadband and mobile technologies, there has been a huge increase in the number of computer systems and storage devices connected to the public network.