When the AV-TEST Institute examines security products in its laboratory, only hard facts and convincing results count. After evaluating all test values from 2021, AV-TEST presents the awards to the best products in IT security for companies.
The institute presents 12 awards to companies in the categories PROTECTION, PERFORMANCE and USABILITY for Windows and ANDROID SECURITY and MAC SECURITY for enterprise solutions.
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The strong growth in threats can also be clearly seen in the malware samples registered by the AV-TEST Institute in 2021. While the increase from 2019 to 2020 was still 113 million, it grew to over 2020 million from 2021 to 170 - an increase of almost 33 percent. This is one of the strongest increases in 10 years.
Many tests in 2021 - here are the winners
Of course, the digital threats registered in the AV-TEST databases are only one of the attack tools used by cyber criminals that cyber security solutions have to fend off, but they are one of the most important in their arsenal. The experts in the AV-TEST laboratory examine all Windows, MacOS and Android products for private users and companies and test their performance in the areas of PROTECTION (protective effect), PERFORMANCE (speed) and USABILITY (usability).
All products have participated in many tests throughout 2021. Only the products that have always performed best receive one of the AV-TEST Awards. The following business solutions have won an award in their respective areas:
In the area of best performance
- ESET Endpoint Security
- FireEye Endpoint Security
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Seqrite Endpoint Security
In the area of Best Protection
- Bitdefender Endpoint Security (Ultra)
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus
- Symantec Endpoint Security Complete
In the area of Best Usability
- ESET Endpoint Security
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security
In the Best Android Security section
- ESET Endpoint Security
In the Best MacOS Security section
- Symantec Endpoint Protection
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About AV-TEST AV-TEST GmbH is an independent provider of services in the field of IT security and anti-virus research with a focus on the identification and analysis of the latest malware and its use in comprehensive comparative tests. The fact that the test data is up-to-date enables the quick-response analysis of new malware, the early detection of virus trends, and the investigation and certification of IT security solutions. The results of the AV-TEST Institute represent an exclusive information base and serve manufacturers for product optimization, specialist magazines for the publication of results and end customers for orientation in product selection.
The company AV-TEST has been operating in Magdeburg since 2004 and employs more than 30 people with profound specialist and practical experience. The laboratories are equipped with 300 client and server systems in which more than 2.500 terabytes of self-determined test data of harmful and harmless information are stored and processed. Further information can be found at https://www.av-test.org.