All reportsCan Your SMB Endpoint Protection Stop Real Hackers?
In the small business security space, bold claims are everywhere. Most vendors say their endpoint protection stops ransomware, blocks phishing, and detects advanced threats. But when the stakes are high, how many tools can actually deliver? Will your SMB endpoint protection stop real hackers?
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To find out, we test like hackers
At SE Labs, we don’t rely on vendor claims. We Test Like Hackers.
That means replicating real-world attacks using threat intelligence and offensive tools. We create phishing emails, customise exploits, build backdoors and more. We don’t cut corners. We mimic genuine adversaries to see how well products perform under realistic, high-pressure conditions.
SMB Endpoint Protection Stop Real Hackers?
Why do we go to all this trouble? Because businesses need answers grounded in reality, not synthetic benchmarks or scripted demos. We copy the bad guys to discover the truth.
In this comparative report, we put leading endpoint products through rigorous testing. Each product faced the same attack scenarios, allowing us to observe how early they detected threats, whether they blocked them effectively, and how well they protected the system overall.
Which solutions to trust?
If your organisation depends on endpoint security to protect sensitive data, this report will show you which solutions are worth your trust, and which ones may leave you exposed.
We should be able to rely confidently on the security products that everyone tells us we need. The endpoint protection products in this report have undergone the most strenuous testing available, and they’ve come out well. They’ll provide you with strong protection while you use your computer to do something useful, fun or both.
How we test
We tested a variety of anti-malware (aka ‘anti-virus’; aka ‘endpoint security’) products from a range of well-known vendors in an effort to judge which were the most effective. Each product was exposed to the same threats, which were a mixture of targeted attacks using well-established techniques and public email and web-based threats that were found to be live on the internet at the time of the test. The results indicate how effectively the products were at detecting and/or protecting against those threats in real-time.
Choose your reports and reviews carefully
We pride ourselves on a level of transparency that elevates our work above the less open reports available. But don’t just take our word for it. This report has gone through the AMTSO certification process to ensure that we say what we’re going to do; do it; and can prove it. Our results help vendors improve their products and buyers choose the best for their own needs.
