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 v1.2

Deprecated versions:

AMTSO Testing Protocol Standard for the Testing of Anti-Malware Solutions v1.1

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