The AV-Comparatives laboratory tested and evaluated 17 enterprise endpoint solutions. When tested with 0-day malware, only 4 products were able to reach the 100 percent mark. Only 3 products when tested for known malware.
The independent ISO-certified security software evaluation laboratory AV-Comparatives has released the latest test results from its Business Main-Test Series, which evaluates a range of antivirus products in corporate environments. The published factsheet contains results from the ongoing Enterprise Main-Test Series, which includes real-world protection and malware protection tests for August and September 2022.
17 corporate solutions tested
In business environments, it is common for endpoint products to be configured by the system administrator according to vendor manuals. For the Enterprise Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives invited all vendors to configure their respective products for an enterprise-oriented environment. The applied settings are then used for all enterprise tests throughout the year. AV-Comparatives has listed all relevant deviations from the standard settings.
The following products have been tested (at the time of testing with the currently available version) on Windows 10 64-bit systems:
- Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security Pack
- Avast Ultimate Business Security
- Bitdefender GravityZone Elite
- Cisco Secure Endpoint Essentials
- Crowd Strike Falcon Pro
- Cybereason Enterprise
- elastic security
- ESET PROTECT Entry with ESET PROTECT Cloud
- G Data Endpoint Protection Business
- K7 On-Premises Enterprise Security Advanced
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Select with KSC
- Malwarebytes EDR
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
- Sophos Intercept X Advanced
- Trellix FireEye Endpoint Security
- VIPRE Endpoint Protection Cloud
- WatchGuard Endpoint Protection Plus on Ether
Real world test with 316 live cases
The Real-World Protection Test results published by AV-Comparatives are based on 316 live full-chain attack test cases, including working exploits and URLs pointing directly to malware. The test cases used cover a wide range of current malicious websites and underline the protection quality of different products. This AV Test by AV-Comparatives provides in-depth insights into the capabilities of 18 popular enterprise security products.
Detection of 1.005 samples at the endpoint
In addition to detection rates, the test also examines a product's ability to prevent a malicious program from making changes to the system. The test set used for this test consisted of 1.005 malware samples. To ensure that the tested programs do not protect the system at the expense of high false alarm rates, a false positive test is also carried out in the Malware Protection Test. The results of the false alarm test are also included in the fact sheet.
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About AV-Comparatives AV-Comparatives is an independent AV test laboratory based in Innsbruck, Austria, and has been publicly testing computer security software since 2004. It is certified according to ISO 9001: 2015 for the area of "Independent tests of anti-virus software". It also has EICAR certification as a "Trusted IT Security Testing Lab".