AMTSO News 2024-09-13

Welcome to our regular roundup of events and activities in and around AMTSO. 

Meetings and Events

We have issued an updated agenda for our upcoming Dublin meeting, with some more topics and speakers added including a legal update from our regular guest speaker Terry Budd. Further and final updates are expected in the next couple of weeks, registration for the event remains open but members planning to attend are urged to sign up as soon as possible, and any non-members interested in joining us should also get in touch ASAP. Final plans for the event are being made, including for the traditional member dinner on the first evening. AMTSO will also be present at the annual VB conference later the same week, so anyone who cannot attend our meeting can catch up with us at our booth.

XDR Working Group

A call for the XDR team was held this week, keeping track of progress gathering intel on the make-up of various XDR solutions; as reported in our polling of CISOs and other purchasers, this area can be difficult to gather information on, and our project team has encountered similar issues but continues to work to unveil the mysteries of these widely-promoted solutions. We will continue to find out what is out there and will provide a detailed update during the Dublin meeting.

Sandbox Evaluation Working Group

Commentary on our Sandbox paper remains open, but with limited change proposals to date we firmly expect to finalize the paper during discussions in Dublin and to launch the formal process of member voting to approve shortly afterwards.

VPN Working Group

The VPN team met this week to review the large volume of comments and suggestions received on the first draft of the paper, our team leads from Nord Security have been working hard to address these and reserved the most thorny for team debate. With many issues now resolved we are working towards a new working draft to share with members in Dublin.

RTTL Working Group

The RTTL team met last week, the system continues to expand and improve with a round of clean-up of user accounts carried out after the latest meeting. There will be a detailed update on status and progress of the system, and the parallel ThreatList system, during the upcoming member meetings.

AMTSO Standard and Test Calendar

Alongside our regular updates on various test series, our Test Calendar saw recent additions covering AV-Test’s Advanced Threat Protection test, and another cycle of the AV-Comparatives “real-world” test Here’s a summary of recent activities from our Standard compliance team:

  • Public Test Notifications were issued for the MRG-Effitas Q3’2024 360 Degree Android Assessment and Certification (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP125) and the MRG-Effitas Q3’2024 360 Degree Assessment and Certification (Endpoint) (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP126).  Both were issued on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024.  Phase 1 Commentary may be submitted for either test at the usual location: https://members.amtso.org/amtso-standards-phase-1-commentary-submission/
  • An AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Report covering the AV-TEST July/August 2024 Android Consumer Test (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP103) was issued on Monday, September 9th, 2024 following an open Phase 2 Commentary period.
  • AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Reports covering the MRG-Effitas Q2’2024 Android Test (AMTSO-LS1-TP117) and Q2’2024 Endpoint Test (AMTSO-LS1-TP118) were issued on Monday, September 9th, following an open Phase 2 Commentary period.

Information on all published and upcoming tests being tracked by AMTSO can be found in our test calendar.

Finances and Membership

A detailed update on AMTSO’s finances covering the last financial year and plans for the current one will be shared with members at our upcoming Dublin meeting.

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