Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP test systems, today launched its IxDefend™ solution, which provides the most comprehensive security analysis tools in the industry. IxDefend solutions assess the security and robustness of software applications, network appliances and information systems.

Today's commercial deployments contain a wide variety of solutions from commercial vendors and open sources. The increased complexity and heterogeneity of networks leads to a higher risk of exposure to security flaws and vulnerabilities. A system or service failure can lead to a cascade of financial, technical and legal impacts of significantly higher magnitude.

Security and end-to-end performance are the top critical success factors in the design of robust networks, said Eric Ogren, founder and principal analyst of the Ogren Group. Ixia's IxDefend and test platform generate high volumes of simulated user traffic, including known security vulnerabilities and protocol violations, to exercise and validate the health of the network. Corporate network teams are turning to preventive discovery and correction activities for both pre-deployment and post-deployment of network services as pragmatic best practices for eliminating disruptive surprises and reducing operating costs.

According to Infonetics Research, large enterprises lose an average of more than 3 percent of revenue, or approx $30 million a year, to denial of service attacks and client and server malware. Frost & Sullivan expects investments in security test equipment to top $460 million by 2013.

IxDefend takes a unique approach to finding quality, resiliency, and security exposures across the broadest array of applications. As opposed to products that randomly change network messages, IxDefend's tests employ in-depth understanding of the communications protocols to vary (or fuzz) the specific message fields that will uncover programming errors. IxDefend quickly identifies errors and deficiencies in applications that cause security and reliability problems. IxDefend provides the ideal set of tools to help identify known and zero-day threats in even the most hardened and complex network protocol implementations. Products vetted with IxDefend exhibit substantial resiliency - the ability to withstand attacks and handle unanticipated usage.

Ixia has established a strong name in IP performance testing during its more than ten years in the test and measurement industry. We are now embarking on a complete line of security testing solutions for our customers, said Atul Bhatnagar, president and CEO of Ixia. Our goal is to empower our customers to design bullet-proof, resilient, always-on networks.

With the industry's most expansive coverage of network protocols, IxDefend effectively analyzes applications and systems for vulnerability to security attacks and system failure prior to deployment. By employing IxDefend's automated security analysis software, users can address unknown and published threats before systems are exposed to outages or zero-day attacks. IxDefend complements Ixia's already well established product portfolio in the areas of conformance and performance testing by enabling security vulnerability testing on the same hardware platform.

IxDefend's current product release includes security solutions targeted at four industry segments core Internet services, routing and switching, network management, and virtual private networks. More information about Ixia's entire security offering and IxDefend options is available at Ixia's security portal.

About Ixia

Ixia is a leading provider of performance test systems for IP-based infrastructure and services. Ixia's test systems are used by network and telephony equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, service providers, governments and enterprises to validate the performance and reliability of complex IP networks, devices, and applications. Ixia's triple-play test systems address the growing need to test voice, video, and data services and network capability under real-world conditions. For more information visit our Web Site at http://www.ixiacom.com.

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