The IDS Reference Testbed. Key in Development and Certification

The goals of this position paper on the IDS Reference Testbed are threefold: to describe the role and value add by the IDS Reference Testbed, both for the development of IDS components by providing a testing environment and for the certification process of IDS-compliant components by providing an assessment environment; to describe the governance for the IDS Reference Testbed encompassing both the IDS Reference Testbed development process to ensure completeness, adequateness and continuity in the capabilities it supports, and the IDS Reference Testbed deployment process to ensure optimal adoption and usage by the various IDS stakeholders; to help users of the IDS Reference Testbed to get started by providing guidance on how to get started with the IDS Reference Testbed.