DALLAS, May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro
Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in security
software and solutions, today announced Trend Micro™ OfficeScan™
received the highest overall score in AV-TEST's endurance
evaluation of corporate endpoint solutions. This six-month
assessment reviewed a field of eight security solutions for small-
and medium-sized companies. OfficeScan scored No. 1 overall across
the three most important categories to IT Security organizations
including protection, performance and usability, earning 17.2
points out of a maximum score of 18. During the test, Trend Micro
earned the highest score in the performance category.
"Providing better protection across a broad range of integrated
security capabilities and flexible management is important not only
to keep important business data safe, but to create a superior
administrator and user experience," said Eric Skinner, vice president, solutions
marketing, Trend Micro. "Earning the highest overall score in
this competitive endurance evaluation validates Trend Micro's
overall innovation and OfficeScan's long-term performance,
usability and superior protection."
The AV-TEST endurance assessment evaluated the level of
protection, performance and usability of security solutions when
operating on Windows XP, 7 and 8 platforms throughout a six-month
period. Companies examined included Trend Micro, Bitdefender,
Kaspersky Labs, F-Secure, Symantec, McAfee, Sophos and
Microsoft.
Trend Micro's top score in the performance category demonstrates
OfficeScan's ability to support demands for security, while not
impeding the endpoint performance of other tasks. To determine
scores for the protection category, AV-TEST evaluated the detection
rates of the security solutions in both real-world and AV-TEST
reference set tests. Real-world testing examined zero-day attacks
as young as a few hours old, while the reference set measured the
detection of widespread and prevalent malware up to four weeks old.
In the AV-TEST reference set evaluation, OfficeScan earned a 100
percent detection rate when charged with identifying and destroying
approximately 60,000 pieces of malware.
As highlighted in the January 8,
2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection
Platforms report, first-rate defense of user endpoints is key:
"Protection from common malware, as well as more APTs, is the
top critical consideration for EPP buyers. There is significant
variation in the quality of attack prevention, as illustrated by
multiple malware testing organizations. Buyers should look for
solutions that offer a broad portfolio of protection
techniques."[1]
OfficeScan secures both physical and virtual endpoints with
immediate protection against advanced threats. Working in
conjunction with proactive security technologies such as
application control, vulnerability protection, mobile security and
endpoint encryption, OfficeScan further enhances organizations'
threat protection and integrates with Trend Micro Control Manager
for greater, centralized control and total user threat
visibility.
A detailed blog post with additional insight to OfficeScan's
endpoint protection can be accessed at
http://blog.trendmicro.com/officescan-av-test-highest-overall.
To learn more about Trend Micro OfficeScan's score within
AV-TEST's evaluation, please visit:
http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/artikel/8-security-solutions-for-companies-complete-an-endurance-test/
Trend Micro participates in many industry tests performed by a
multitude of independent testing labs. For recent test
results, please visit:
http://cloudsecurity.trendmicro.com/us/technology-innovation/our-technology/competitive-benchmarks/index.html.
About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global
leader in security software, strives to make the world safe for
exchanging digital information. Built on 25 years of experience,
our solutions for consumers, businesses and governments provide
layered data security to protect information on mobile devices,
endpoints, gateways, servers and the cloud. Trend Micro enables the
smart protection of information, with innovative security
technology that is simple to deploy and manage, and fits an
evolving ecosystem. All of our solutions are powered by cloud-based
global threat intelligence, the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection
Network™ infrastructure, and are supported by over 1,200 threat
experts around the globe. For more information, visit
TrendMicro.com.
[1] Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection
Platforms" by Peter Firstbrook, John Girard, Neil MacDonald,
January 9, 2014.
SOURCE Trend Micro Incorporated