Collaborate Disseminate
Clear, open testing is needed and now available
Latest reports now online.
A year ago we decided to put our support behind a new testing Standard proposed by the Ant-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO). The goal behind the Standard is good f… Continue reading Can you trust security tests?
Email security test explores how and when services detect and stop threats.
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This new email protection test shows a wide variation in the abilities of the services that we have assessed.
You might see the figures as being disap… Continue reading How well do email security gateways protect against targeted attacks?
When is a security
breach serious, less serious or not a breach at all?
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Our endpoint
protection tests have always included targeted attacks.
These allow us to gauge
how effectively anti-malware products, in use by millions of… Continue reading Latest security tests introduce attack chain scoring
Over the last few months we have seen a surge in attacks using apparently innocent documents that install malware covertly on victims’ systems.
Unless you are running specialist monitoring tools, or very effective security software, you probably won’t … Continue reading Network security appliances vs. Word and PowerShell
What happens when your choice of security software handles an attack?
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It should be simple. You’ve clicked on the wrong link, opened a malicious email or installed something inadvisable. A threat is now attacking your PC and i… Continue reading Detected, blocked, quarantined, cleaned?
As we prepared this network security appliance report for publication we were also getting ready to present at BT’s internal security conference Snoopcon.
We had been asked to talk about security products and how they might not do what you assume they … Continue reading What’s the difference between SE Labs and a cyber-criminal?
Sometimes testers need to be tested too. We’re always up for
a challenge!
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How do you know which security products to buy? Many rely on
independent tests to help in the decision-making process. But how do you know
if a test is… Continue reading Are you buying solid protection or snake oil?
Our latest email cloud security test really challenged the services under evaluation.
Latest report now online.
Last summer we launched our first email cloud security test and, while it was very well received by our readers and the security industry as… Continue reading Tough test for email security services
A common criticism of computer security products is that they can only protect against known threats. When new attacks are detected and analysed security companies produce updates based on this new knowledge. It’s a reactive approach that can provide a… Continue reading Predictably Evil
The news isn’t good. Discover your best options in our latest reports.
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Criminals routinely create ingenious scams and indiscriminate attacks designed to compromise the unlucky and, occasionally, foolish. But sometimes they fo… Continue reading Hacked! Will your anti-malware protect you from targeted attacks?