KPN, the leading Dutch service provider, was looking to upgrade central components of its domestic residential and business wire-line network infrastructure. EANTC was commissioned to validate the compliance of a vendor solution. This included Verification of Concept (“VoC”) tests prior to KPN’s purchasing decision. EANTC created a 190-page test plan based on design and technical requirements.
EANTC was again commissioned to check the results of the update by the service provider and uncover potential faults by measuring the WAN links. This included verifying if the contractually agreed characteristics were delivered by the service provider as stated in the service level agreements (SLAs). In addition, the configuration was evaluated with respect to functionality and accuracy.
The aim of our first test series was to prove the concept of the new design of HVB IS' security infrastructure regarding performance, scalability, robustness, and high availability. The goal of our second test series was the comparison of two firewall solutions from different vendors. The test results and analyses substantially supported the purchase decision of HVB IS.
