An organization is preparing to upgrade its firewall and NIPS infrastructure and has narrowed the
vendor choices down to two platforms. The integrator chosen to assist the organization with the
deployment has many clients running a mixture of the possible combinations of environments.
Which of the following is the MOST comprehensive method for evaluating the two platforms?

A.
Benchmark each possible solution with the integrators existing client deployments.

B.
Develop testing criteria and evaluate each environment in-house.

C.
Run virtual test scenarios to validate the potential solutions.

D.
Use results from each vendor’s test labs to determine adherence to project requirements.