Since its foundation in 2008, AMTSO has published a series of guidelines and best practices documents providing expert insight into the problems faced by anyone trying to evaluate the capabilities of anti-malware products and solutions.
These documents have been developed and approved by the AMTSO membership, combining expertise from across the security and security-testing industries. AMTSO continues to develop new guidance and further papers will be posted to this page as they are completed. To suggest a new topic for consideration, or to provide feedback or error reporting on our existing documents, please contact info@amtso.org.
Standards
Current version:
AMTSO Testing Protocol Standard for the Testing of Anti-Malware Solutions v1.1
Deprecated versions:
AMTSO Testing Protocol Standard for the Testing of Anti-Malware Solutions v1.0
Testing Guidance
AMTSO Fundamental Principles of Testing
AMTSO Best Practices for Dynamic Testing
AMTSO Suggested Methods for the Validation of Samples
AMTSO Best Practices for Testing In-the-Cloud Security Products
AMTSO Guidelines for Testing Network-Based Security Products
AMTSO Issues Involved in Creation of Samples
AMTSO Whole Product Testing Guidelines
AMTSO Guidelines to False Positive Testing
AMTSO Guidelines on Facilitating Testability
AMTSO Use and Misuse of Test Files in Anti-Malware Testing
AMTSO Sample Selection for Testing
AMTSO Performance Testing Guidelines
AMTSO Guidelines on Mobile Testing
AMTSO Guidelines for Testing Protection Against Targeted Attacks