Network IDP device testing methodology

Presented at BSides Austin 2017, May 4, 2017, 10:30 a.m. (60 minutes).

How effective is your network intrusion detection/prevention (IDP) device? How do you know? How might your defense-in-depth strategy change if your IDP device was not as effective as you thought? In this talk I'll start with an overview of network-based IDP devices, talk about the differences between protecting against exploits and vulnerabilities, and the difficulties facing signature developers. Next I'll discuss a formal test methodology for network-based IDP devices, and provides details* of our setup. Finally, time permitting, we'll examine some of the results of comparative IDP testing and see what, if any, conclusions can be drawn based on the results. * I'd like to make device configuration files, as well as automation scripts available for attendees.

Presenters:

  • Garett Montgomery
    MSc InfoSec, Capitol Technology University, 2009 Security Analyst, Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-2010 Security Researcher, TippingPoint/HP, 2010-2012 Security Researcher, BreakingPoint/Ixia, 2012-present

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