Testimonials

Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

Intrusion Prevention IPS

"The architecture of Top Layer IPS that uses ASIC processors and CPUs runs more efficiently and effectively than competing solutions. Because of this design, Top Layer's solution is able to process traffic faster and better, therefore increasing performance and enabling significant traffic flow improvements."
Vijay Haripal, University of Miami

"It was enlightening to see what was happening on our network, and the visibility into this world of previously undetected cyber threats reassured our team that we were doing the right thing by adding intrusion prevention technology across our industrial network. Top Layer's device was the only one that combined the high levels of performance with the deep packet inspection that made us comfortable with putting it inline in our network that simply cannot afford a minute being offline."
Charles Neely Harper, Director - National Supply & Pipeline Operations for Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP

"Top Layer's IPS 5500 was the best solution I looked at among several reputable IPS vendors. Their hardware based solution simplifies both network and security management, and the stateful firewall with deep packet inspection adds an important layer to any good defense in depth strategy beyond just raw IPS functionality.”
Jason Cox, North State Communications

"We selected the IPS 5500 because we are committed to maintaining the highest level of IT security to protect our valuable IT assets while providing employees and partners with secure connectivity to our corporate network."
Erik Goldoff, HoneyBaked Ham, Info. Technology Security Manager

"No other vendor has produced a second-generation product yet, so Globix was able to implement a technology developed from a research and development program built on real-world experience."
Brendan Slater, Globix

"Prior to implementing the Top Layer solution we were experiencing 3-4 Syn flood attacks every month causing great aggravation and inordinate overtime/late-nite expense to resolve. Since implementing Top Layer's IPS solution we have mitigated every attack, still about 3-4/month, without any network downtime, aggravation or overtime/late-night expense. The product easily paid for itself in the first 4 months of operation - and we could not be happier!" "Top Layer's IPS 5500 the Aggravation Mitigation Product"
Jens Mathes, NY Rockefeller University

"Prior to installing the Top Layer IPS, I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off five or six times a day, chasing down attack sources and disconnecting offending machines. Rather than doing my job, I was endlessly playing the role of network police officer. While we had excellent connectivity, until we installed Top Layer's IPS we had no view into where malicious traffic was originating and certainly no way to automatically drop malicious packets on-the-fly."
Louis Martorella, NY Javits Convention Center

"On the security side, I really like Top Layer. Their IPS aren't terribly expensive, and they just tend to run. I think those niche players are the ones wo will succeed, because that is something that Cisco is trying to do but doesn't do well."
Joe Granneman, Chicago Rockford Health, from Network World 12/26/06 article

"The Top Layer device was fast and easy to install without adversely impacting the network, whilst company personnel were very accommodating, worked to our timelines and understood our concerns for a phased-in approach. Top Layer took good care of us on this project and helped out with all aspects, including onsite training and help with implementation and tuning. The ability to be protected in the event of a new exploit spreading before the security community has time to address it was crucial."
Judie Ayoola, University of Westminster, Network Security Officer

"We approached a number of IPS vendors that all claimed gigabit performance, but in reality, none of them could even handle an attack based on fast Ethernet speeds. These are the reasons why we turned to Top Layer."
Salim Gasmi, CTO from SDV

"The 3DP technology within the Top Layer IPS 5500 has helped us achieve three things with regards to our website - security, reliability and consistency," concluded a Camelot spokesperson. "We have a rock-solid web presence and the solution has been, and will be, a business enabler for Camelot for many years to come."
Camelot Lottery spokesperson

"Top Layer's robust intrusion prevention and traffic analysis capabilities provide the highest levels of protection while minimizing our staff's need to fix infections, allowing them to focus on other network issues and initiatives."
Chris King, Dalton Utilities, Manager of Network Systems

"Top Layer's IPS 5500 helped us identify and eliminate a number of rogue servers that had been set up on the network and impacted performance, saving us significant time and consulting fees."
Dr. Darryl McGraw, Wake Technical College, CIO

"After reviewing the other solutions available on the market, the IPS 5500 was the clear choice because of its superior performance, unmatched protection mechanisms and manageability."
Dave Millier, Dexagon, Partner

"The Top Layer IPS was great at analyzing malformed HTTP packets, digging deep into the packet before passing it on - this was a key criterion for us to protect against DoS attacks, zero-day exploits, network traffic anomalies and other threats attempting to harm our network and online assets."
Todd Norton, Grocery Gateway

IDS Balancer

"Designing high performance and scaleable intrusion detection systems for demanding government clients is now possible via the IDS Balancer 4500. Its easy installation, quick configuration, and ability to aggregate multiple gigabit networks are vital. Further, its capacity to filter data at wire speed for optimized information analysis and correlation by attached servers is essential for today's analysis and protection activities."
Dave Kann, Principal Engineer, BAE Systems

"The Top Layer IDS Balancer reduces false positives by enabling the IDSes to perform much more effectively. The IDS Balancer provides a stronger, context-aware surveillance of network traffic and the ability to detect otherwise missed attacks, thus reducing the level and cost of network support resources."
Mr. Shiming Yang, V.P. Corporate Data Security, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi

"We're very impressed with the ability of the joint solution to filter at very high volumes with no network slowdown. Top Layer's IDS Balancer easily integrated with 8e6's R2000 Web Filters to effectively distribute the traffic across multiple filters. We considered most of the major filtering software technologies in the marketplace, but no one gave us the features and speed we needed except 8e6 Technologies and Top Layer Networks."
Michael Mabry, Network Engineer at Arkansas DIS

"The challenge for organizations today is harnessing the power of the Internet securely while maintaining productivity and bandwidth. By partnering with Top Layer to enhance the scalability of our R2000 Enterprise Edition solution with the large network in mind, we're now providing the premier Web filtering solution for organizations running gigabit in very large and complex networks."
George Shih, CEO of 8e6 Technologies

"The IDS Balancer fulfills a badly needed requirement in making the best use of valuable IDS resources. It is easy to configure and manage...it offers a particularly good understanding of IDS issues and configuration options to suit application specific IDS monitoring."
Network Computing

"The IDS Balancer demonstrated product excellence and thoughtful applications of technology to the burgeoning problem of attacks aimed at the network... enables organizations to effectively prevent cyber attacks."
Cameron Sturdevant, eWeek