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Trend Micro consistently dominates in real-world endpoint tests from multiple labs
Unlike traditional static detection testing which only detects infected files after they've landed on your computer, Real-World tests provide a more realistic assessment of the efficacy of endpoint security solutions today. In Real-World Testing:
- All attack samples are sourced live from the internet at the time of the test
- Attack samples are presented to the tested products simultaneously
- Attack samples are presented using realistic attack vectors
- All the security layers and countermeasures within a product are given the opportunity to block an attack sample
Trend Micro products, cloud-powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™, are proven by multiple testing labs to protect better than our competition as seen below.
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| Symantec | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 1st |
| McAfee | 4th | 4th | 3r | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 11th |
| Kaspersky | 2nd | 2nd | - | - | 5th | 9th | - | 4th | - | 7th |
| ESET | 8th | 9th | - | - | 6th | 10th | - | 3rd | - | - |
Year over year performance
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Note: If multiple products from one vendor were evaluated, then vendor’s best performance is listed. Rankings are based on all vendors participating in each test and based on highest percentage of threats blocked at all layers.
Note: Tests based on Corporate, SMB, & Consumer Endpoint Solutions.
Why Trend Micro consistently achieves #1 rankings
Smart Protection Network
- Sources new threats using Smart feedback (from our installed base of products) to provide automated Threat Intelligence
- Identifies new threats using correlated web, email AND file threat data, not just file based threats, like most other vendors
- Protection is immediately available to all customers using in-the-cloud reputation databases - no waiting for updates like with other vendors
- Smart Protection Network supports solutions for consumers, SMB, enterprise, SaaS, xSP and Partners and powers our mobile, endpoint, server, messaging, network, gateway, SaaS and Partner solutions. The most comprehensive coverage of any vendor in the industry
New Test Methodologies for Security Industry
Trend Micro has been endorsing the need for newer testing methodologies within the security industry for a long time now. With the changes in the threat landscape as well as how computers are used today, traditional detection rate tests just don’t offer an adequate view of how well security products protect against the threats.
Below are some of the reasons why:
- With 3.5 new threats every second, tests that only look at ability to detect files once they land on your computer are going to be woefully out of date.
- 92% of threats come from the Internet (TrendLabs) and can be prevented from reaching you in the first place by blocking malicious URLs or emails. Traditional file detection testing doesn’t take this into consideration.
> Read Trend Micro whitepaper on testing methodology (PDF) - Cybercriminals have tools to test malware against current signatures.
- Traditional tests don’t support multiple layers of protection, such as URL and email filtering/blocking.
> Read analyst brief on need for new testing methods (PDF) - Real-world tests consider the time it takes for a vendor to protect against initially missed samples, which we call “Time to Protect”.
