Keysight 400GE Network Cybersecurity Test Platform Validates Fortinet’s Hyperscale DDoS Defense Capabilities
December 13 2023 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Scalable test platform generates both legitimate and malicious
traffic at multi-terabit, hyperscale volumes, realistically
emulating DDoS attack mitigation of carrier-grade network
loads
- Facilitates the transition to 400GE and reduces costs by
offering compatibility with existing infrastructure using 8x400GE
test ports with fanout support to 200/100/50/40/25/10GE
- Single pane of glass management simplifies test configuration
and system upgrades, reducing overall test time and system
maintenance
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announces that Fortinet
chose the Keysight APS-M8400 network cybersecurity test platform to
validate the hyperscale distributed denial of service (DDoS)
defense capabilities and carrier-grade performance of its FortiGate
4800F next generation firewall (NGFW). The APS-M8400 is the
industry’s first and highest density 8-port 400GE Quad Small Form
Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) network security test
platform.
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The Keysight APS-M8400, the industry’s
first and highest density 8-port 400GE Quad Small Form Factor
Pluggable Double Density network security test platform is used to
validate the hyperscale distributed denial of service defense
capabilities and carrier-grade performance of the FortiGate 4800F
next generation firewall. (Photo: Business Wire)
Carrier networks, data center operators and service providers
are facing exponential growth in cyber-attacks, including DDoS
attacks, which have increased by 40% in the last 6 months. The
scope and scale of these DDoS attacks are also increasing, as
evidenced by the recent, record-breaking Rapid Reset attack which
peaked at 398 million requests per second (RPS).
Fortinet developed the FortiGate 4800F NGFW, which is powered by
16 NP7 network processors, to help carriers, data center operators,
and service providers protect their critical network infrastructure
and services from hyperscale DDoS attacks and other cybersecurity
threats while continuing to process multi-terabit volumes of
legitimate customer traffic driven by the growing adoption of
400GE. Needing an application and security test solution powerful
enough to validate the carrier-grade performance and security
capabilities of the FortiGate 4800F NGFW prior to deploying in a
live customer network, Fortinet turned to Keysight’s APS-M8400.
Using the Keysight APS-M8400, Fortinet validated the
cybersecurity capabilities of the FortiGate 4800F NGFW using:
- Carrier-Grade Traffic Generation – The APS-M8400
platform generated 3 Tbps of legitimate and malicious traffic in a
single test, validating the hyperscale firewall protection offered
by the FortiGate 4800F, which successfully defended against an 800
Gbps layer 2-3 DDoS attack while continuing to deliver 2.2 Tbps of
legitimate layer 4-7 traffic, without taxing CPU, memory usage, or
system responsiveness.
- Port Density and Flexibility – Fortinet used all of the
APS-M8400’s 8x400GE QSFD-DD interfaces to send traffic across all
available 400GE test ports on the FortiGate 4800F. Each of the
APS-M8400’s 8x400GE QSFD-DD interfaces can fan out to
200/100/50/40/25/10GE, offering Fortinet the flexibility to test
multiple port configurations like the 12x200GE/100GE/40GE and up to
12x50GE/25GE/10GE test ports supported by the FortiGate 4800F.
- Hyperscale Throughput and Scalability – The APS-M8400’s
extensible aggregation of compute node resources and
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) resources allowed Fortinet to
scale up the test bed to generate the 3 Tbps of traffic needed to
effectively test the FortiGate 4800F. The APS-M8400 features a
pay-as-you-grow model, enabling users to scale in multi-chassis
mode to generate more than 12 Tbps of layer 4-7 traffic, 3.2 Tbps
of layer 2-3 traffic, 9.6 Tbps of Transport Layer Security (TLS)
traffic, 20 billion concurrent connections, and 220 million
connections per second of legitimate and malicious test traffic in
a single test.
- Ease of Management – APS-M8400’s intuitive, single pane
of glass management allowed Fortinet to simply and easily configure
the multiple compute node and FPGA resources required to run a
hyperscale, multi terabit test. This reduced their overall test
time and system maintenance, freeing up users to focus on other
critical efforts.
John Maddison, Executive Vice President of Products and Chief
Marketing Officer, Fortinet, said: “The FortiGate 4800F is the
industry’s fastest compact hyperscale firewall, offering
carrier-grade performance and scalability to safeguard datacenters
and service providers as cyberattacks continue to accelerate at an
unprecedented pace. Powered by 16 of Fortinet’s custom built
seventh-generation network processors, this NGFW delivers the
necessary 400GE port density, multi-terabit application throughput,
and session scalability to protect customers against DDoS attacks.
This is validated by Keysight's innovative APS-M8400 8x400GE
cybersecurity test platform, proving that the FortiGate 4800F
delivers the hyperscale performance and real-time threat protection
our customers expect.”
Ram Periakaruppan, Vice President and General Manager,
Keysight Network Test and Security Solutions, said:
“Cybersecurity threats like DDoS attacks are continually increasing
in scope, scale, and impact on their potential victims. It is vital
that carriers, service providers and data centers protect their
critical infrastructure from these attacks to continue serving the
hyperscale volumes of legitime traffic that continue to grow at a
rapid pace. Keysight's APS-8400 helps network equipment
manufacturers like Fortinet validate that their solutions are up to
the task, delivering carrier-grade application and cybersecurity
test loads in a flexible, 8x400GE solution that can grow with their
changing needs.
Resources
- APS-100/400GE Application and Security Test Platform
- Video: APS-M8400 and FortiGate 4800F Test Demonstration
- Data sheet: APS-100/400GE Series Test Platform
- Data sheet: FortiGate 4800F
About Keysight Technologies
At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to
bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500
company, we’re delivering market-leading design, emulation, and
test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with
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innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial
automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and
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