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Review: 18 Enterprise Endpoint Security Software 2022
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AV-Comparatives has published a review of 18 enterprise endpoint protection solutions: “Enterprise Endpoint Security Software 2022”. The test on Windows 10 64 took place in March and April 2022. The result shows some differences in performance. The independent ISO-certified laboratory for evaluating security software AV-Comparatives has published the latest results of the Business Main-Test Series, in which a number of anti-virus products are evaluated in corporate environments. This results report is a precursor to the full report that will be released in July and will include a performance test and the product reviews. 18 corporate products in…

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Kaspersky takes first place in 76 percent of all tests
Kaspersky takes first place in 76 percent of all tests

In 2021, Kaspersky's security portfolio was a leader in the TOP3 metric. Kaspersky participated in 75 independent tests and reviews, with the company's products taking first place 57 times and receiving TOP63 placements 3 times. The TOP3 metric shows how successful a vendor is overall by measuring all of their performance across a series of independent tests within a calendar year. Consistent performance across multiple tests and products provides a more meaningful assessment of a company than the result of a single test. The TOP3 key figure includes results of laboratory tests such as AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST or...

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19 endpoint security solutions in the laboratory test
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In order to be able to meaningfully assess the security status of a protection solution for companies under Windows 10, AV-TEST analyzes each product over a period of two months. In the test period of January and February 2022, endpoint solutions for the corporate sector were assessed and awarded the AV-TEST certificate if they met the test standard. In addition, 18 antivirus programs for end users were evaluated. In January and February 2022, the AV-TEST Institute tested 19 security solutions - and thus almost all important programs on the market - for companies running Windows 10. Attached are the detailed results showing how well...

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Test: 14 security solutions against data stealers and ransomware
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In the series of Advanced Threat Protection tests, the laboratory of AV-TEST tested 14 protection solutions for companies against data stealers and ransomware. In this Live Attack test, 10 real-world attack scenarios on Windows are to be fended off. In addition to detecting the malware, every single defense step of a protection solution counts. AV-TEST's Advanced Threat Protection tests test protection software in the laboratory using very real and dynamic attack scenarios. Since the effort involved in these tests is extremely high, the attacks per product are limited to 10 scenarios. In the December test, the lab identified 5 unique ransomware attacks…

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Can security programs detect HermeticWiper?
Can security programs detect HermeticWiper?

The Austrian IT security test laboratory AV-Comparatives has tested the protection against the recently discovered malware HermeticWiper. The data-wiping malware has been used in international targeted attacks, such as in Ukraine. Their goal is not to steal money or data, but simply to render victims' computers unusable. HermeticWiper abuses the services of a legitimate company that produces hard drive partitioning software. This type of utility can create, modify and delete the data storage areas (partitions) on a computer's system disk. HermeticWiper uses (unauthorized) this useful utility to copy the boot information of the system disk...

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AV Comparatives: Endpoint Prevention & Response (EPR) Tests
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The independent ISO-certified security testing laboratory AV-Comparatives has published the results of its Endpoint Prevention & Response (EPR) test. Each of the 10 products tested was subjected to 50 different targeted attack scenarios. Data breaches can have a significant financial impact, with the average cost of a breach currently being $4,24 million, according to IBM, according to AV-Comparatives. The highest Strategic Leader Award was presented to Bitdefender, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, CrowdStrike, F-Secure, Cisco and ESET. Broadcom's Symantec was honored with the CyberRisk Visionaries Award. Two other providers received the Strong Challengers Award. Strategic Leader Award…

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Business security test for enterprise solutions
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AV-Comparatives has published its December 2021 Business Security Test and awarded 19 products Approved Business Product accreditation. The Business Security Test is the most comprehensive examination of business security solutions on the market. To qualify as an Approved Business Product, antivirus solutions must achieve a 90% Malware Protection Test score with zero false positives and a 90% Real-World Protection Test score with fewer than a hundred false positives. Certification of AV-Comparatives In order to receive the certification of AV-Comparatives, the tested products must also have no major performance problems, an impact score...

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Endpoint security vs. ransomware in the advanced threat protection test
Endpoint security vs. ransomware in the advanced threat protection test

All major ransomware attacks follow a certain attack pattern from APT groups. Therefore, AV-TEST attacked 14 endpoint solutions with 10 sophisticated APT scenarios in the laboratory and evaluated the Advanced Threat Protection Test based on the MITER ATT & CK matrix. Protection solutions for companies usually have to recognize, classify and defend against thousands of attackers every day. The AV-TEST laboratory tests this classic protection every two months with the certification tests for company protection software and thus checks the constant security of the products. In the current Advanced Threat Protection test, the laboratory tests 14 endpoint protection platforms (EPP) for their performance against new, ...

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Advanced threat protection tests for cybersecurity software
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AV-Testlabor publishes results of the ATP - Advanced Threat Protection Test for Cybersecurity Software for enterprise software. 8 solutions in the complicated attack test. The independent, ISO-certified security test laboratory AV-Comparatives has published the results of its Advanced Threat Protection Tests for the year 2021. Eight Windows-based endpoint security programs for companies were tested for this. ATP - Advanced Threat Protection Test The Advanced Threat Protection Test from AV-Comparatives uses a large number of different attack scenarios against which the tested programs have to defend themselves. Targeted attacks use various techniques to circumvent detection by security software. These include fileless attacks, ...

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Protection apps for Android in the test
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The laboratory of the AV-TEST Institute tested 20 security solutions for Android - including Google Play Protect - in September and October 2021. Also in the test are apps for companies and as single-user apps for smartphones in SMEs or private devices that are used in companies. All apps and services were examined in realistic tests in the areas of protection, speed (performance), usability (usability) and other functions (features). AV-TEST awards up to 6 points for each test area. The best apps have thus achieved 18 points. 20 Android protection apps put to the test On every Android device ...

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