Case Study: High-Profile Service Providing Company in Japan achieves stronger cyberattack defense and protected network availability with Ixia

Service Provider Strengthens Defense Against Cyberattacks

High-Profile Service Providing Company, a major internet service provider in Japan, faced massive daily traffic volumes, constant cyberattacks, and pressure to keep network availability high while controlling costs. To improve inline security, it turned to Ixia, using an external iBypass switch in front of each IPS and the Ixia Network Tool Optimizer (NTO) to manage traffic more effectively.

Ixia’s solution protected uptime by bypassing security appliances during outages or maintenance, while the NTO aggregated, filtered, and delivered only relevant traffic to security tools with minimal latency. As a result, the company improved IPS efficiency, extended the life of lower-speed security tools on a higher-speed network, and simplified management of a large, complex infrastructure through an easy-to-use interface and preconfigured filtering library.