INNSBRUCK, Austria, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AV-Comparatives’ Endpoint Protection and Response Test – EPR take a look at is the world’s most complete full-chain assault IT Security evaluation!

Independent, ISO-licensed safety testing lab AV-Comparatives has released the av-take a look at outcomes of its 2022 Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Test.
Each of the ten merchandise within the take a look at was subjected to 50 separate focused-assault situations, protecting the complete assault chain. AV-Comparatives additionally had a take a look at the TCO – Total Cost of Ownership.
Bitdefender, Cisco, ESET, Kaspersky and Palo Alto Networks carried out creditably and had been duly licensed on this 12 months’s EPR take a look at iteration. Five additional distributors participated within the take a look at however selected to stay nameless. Their outcomes are included within the report offering an outline of the efficiency ranges at the moment obtainable available on the market.
Products had been licensed in three ranges: Strategic Leaders, CyberRisk Visionaries, and Strong Challengers. One product was not licensed this 12 months.
Certification is given to EPR merchandise that present a excessive return on funding and supply a low complete value of possession. These merchandise exhibit competent prevention, response, and reporting capabilities, mixed with acceptable operational accuracy and appropriate analyst-workflow options.
Andreas Clementi, CEO and co-founder of AV-Comparatives, mentioned:” Congratulations to the certified EPR vendors. Their products have demonstrated that they can cope effectively with the ever-increasing number of targeted attacks on organisations.”
Security breaches can have important monetary impacts, with the common value of a breach now standing at USD 4.35 million, in line with IBM.”
“An effective EPR product that minimises the negative impact of an attack can be a very good investment. If a company stands to lose USD 2 million if an attack succeeds, then spending half of that amount on security measures makes good financial sense.”, in line with Peter Stelzhammer, co-founder of AV-Comparatives.
Enterprises use EPR merchandise to forestall, detect, analyse, and reply to focused assaults resembling superior persistent threats (APTs). They ought to have the ability to detect and block malware and community assaults on particular person workstations and take care of multi-stage assaults designed to infiltrate an organisation’s total community.
In addition to defending particular person units, EPR methods must also present an in depth evaluation of an assault’s origin, strategies and goals to permit safety workers to grasp the character of the menace. It ought to stop it from spreading, restore injury, and take precautions to forestall related assaults sooner or later.
The EPR take a look at includes a range of completely different strategies. When left unchecked, the progress of the assault by three separate phases: Endpoint Compromise and Foothold, Internal Propagation, and Asset Breach. If an EPR product doesn’t block an assault in a single section, the assault will proceed to the subsequent section.
Like all AV-Comparatives’ public take a look at studies, the 2022 EPR Comparative Report is offered for free:
https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EPR_Comparative_2022.pdf
“Security breaches can have significant financial impacts, with the average cost of a breach now standing at USD 4.35 million, according to IBM”— Andreas Clementi, CEO and co-founder of AV-Comparatives.
Contact: Peter Stelzhammer, [email protected], +43 720115542
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