CyberRatings.org Research Report

CyberRatings.org 2023 Enterprise Firewall Reports

CyberRatings.org conducted an independent test of the Versa Networks CSG5000 against the Enterprise Firewall Test Methodology v3.0, at their facility in Austin, Texas. The product was subjected to thorough testing to determine how it handled TLS/SSL 1.2 and 1.3 cipher suites, how it defended against 1,724 exploits, whether its protection could be bypassed by any of 1,482 evasions, and whether the device would remain stable under adverse conditions. To provide a more realistic rating based on modern network traffic, both clear text and encrypted traffic were measured.

Versa Networks CSG5000 received AAA ratings across all the measured parameters.

• Routing and Access Control
• SSL/TLS Functionality
• Threat Prevention
• Stability and Reliability.

In addition to this, Versa Networks CS G5000 outperformed in:

• Performance – Rated Throughput
• Raw Packet Processing Performance
• Maximum TCP Connections Per Second
• HTTPS Capacity

while maintaining the Lowest Price Per Mbps in the category.