Holding Cyber Security to Account

It’s a phrase I hate: People are the weakest link in cyber security. Technology is supposed to serve humans, not the other way around. When we use computers in our personal and business lives, we have certain goals. Entertainment. Making money. Administering our energy bills, car insurance and any number of other important tasks. But our goals are probably not ‘security’.

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Factsheets

Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Security

Fortinet FortiEDR

Kaspersky Endpoint Security

Microsoft Defender Antivirus (enterprise)

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

SentinelOne Singularity

Sophos Intercept X

Trellix Endpoint Security

You are not the weakest link

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.

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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.

Detecting the Full Chain of Network Threats

Network security products detect threats at different security layers

Our reports help you choose the best enterprise security products that can protect you from ransomware and other types of attacks.

Understanding the capabilities of different security products is always better achieved before you need to use them in a live scenario. SE Labs’ Enterprise Advanced Security test reports help you assess which are the best for your own organisation.

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There are many opportunities to spot and stop attackers. Products can detect them when attackers send phishing emails to targets. Or later, when other emails contain links to malicious code. Some kick into action when malware enters the system. Others sit up and notice when the attackers exhibit bad behaviour on the network.

Detecting the Full Chain of Network Threats

In this report we look at how Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Next-Generation Firewalls handled full breach attempts. At which stages did it detect? And did it allow business as usual, or mis-handle legitimate applications?

The targeted attacks used in this test replicate those used by the following attack groups in the real world:

• Wizard Spider
• Sandworm
• Dragonfly & Dragonfly 2.0

Read this SE Labs assessment and discover how Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Next-Generation Firewalls handle advanced targeted attacks. Find the value in deep detection systems. We also describe in detail how each of the attack groups have worked in the past and how we’ve copied their tools and techniques to create a realistic test that reflects real-world security situations.

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. Our results help vendors improve their products and buyers choose the best for their own needs.