Welcome to our regular roundup of events and activities in and around AMTSO.
Meetings and Events
We have launched a call for papers for our next in-person event, which will be taking place in Lisbon, Portugal on October 13th and 14th. Details are on the event page and the full CfP can be found at Pretalx. Members and non-members alike are welcome to submit their ideas for potential talks, workshops, panels and general discussion sessions. We’ll be updating with more details of the venue and agenda as things are finalised. Registration for the event is also available via the event page, a simplified process for member registration will be added to the member website shortly.
Before then is our next Testing Town Hall call, taking place next week (Wednesday July 2nd). Alongside updates on recent testing we’ll be hearing from Google on the latest news in Android security, and from Jan Miller of OPSWAT on the AMTSO Sandbox Evaluation Framework. Members and signed-up guests should have received the call details, anyone interested in attending can sign up via the event page.
AMTSO Standard and Test Calendar
Recent additions to our Test Calendar include the Q2 VBSpam test of email filters from Virus Bulletin, Q1 reports on Windows and Android products from MRG Effitas, more Android reports from AV-Test and Testing Ground Labs, and a special EDR-XDR report from AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation. Here’s a summary of recent activities from our Standard compliance team:
- AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Reports were issued for the MRG-Effitas Q1’2025 Android Test (AMTSO-LS1-TP142) and Q1’2025 Endpoint Test (AMTSO-LS1-TP143) on Thursday, June 12th, 2025.
- AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Reports were issued for the AV-Test March/April Virus Protection Test Report covering Windows 11 for Business Users (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP147) and March/April 2025 Virus Protection Test Report covering Windows 11 for Consumer Users (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP148) as part of their 2025 Test Series on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025.
- A Public Test Notification was released on behalf of MRG-Effitas for their Q2’2025 360 Degree Android Assessment and Certification (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP153) on Thursday, June 5th, 2025.
- A Public Test Notification was released on behalf of MRG-Effitas for their Q2’2025 360 Degree Assessment and Certification (Endpoint) (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP154) on Thursday, June 5th, 2025.
- Phase 2 Commentary covering the SecureIQLab Cloud WaaP V4.0 Test (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP127) continues through Monday, June 30th, 2025.
- Phase 2 Commentary covering the AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation May 2025 Advanced “In the Wild” Malware Detection Test (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP138) as part of their annual Test Series continues through Monday, June 30th, 2025.
- Phase 2 Commentary covering the Virus Bulletin Q2 2025 VBSpam Test Report (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP150) continues through Monday, June 30th, 2025.
- Phase 2 Commentary covering the Testing Ground Labs April 2025 Android tests (AMTSO Test IDs: AMTSO-LS1-TP151 and AMTSO-LS1-TP152) and the AV-Test Android test for May 2025 (AMTSO-LS1-TP144) will be issued next week, with compliance confirmation work to follow.
Information on all published and upcoming tests being tracked by AMTSO can be found in our test calendar.
Working Groups
Our Sandbox project group held a call yesterday, with a first look at draft engineering specs for our proposed test harness to gather and host test data on different types of sandbox produced under our Testing Framework. The proposals will allow outputs form different vendors to be aligned and cross-matched before weightings are applied to suit individual use-cases. Some trial tests have already been carried out with more in the pipeline, and the project’s driving contributor Jan Miller of OPSWAT will be sharing some updates on next week’s Testing Town Hall.
The RTTL team also held a call this week, checking in on progress with a number of improvements, including ML-based sample checking with feedback provided to submitters on likely sample quality.The bulk of the changes are now fully tested and implemented.
We held a call last week for our new Real-World Testing group focused on approaches to testing anti-scam, anti-phishing, and other web protection technologies, with the discussion focussed on gathering intelligence on the latest scam defences being rolled into consumer-level products. Further intel collection will follow as we work to provide guidance on evaluating these new tools, with another meeting scheduled for next week.
Next week’s schedule will be interrupted by our Testing Town Hall event, but our working groups will continue to operate between meetings and normal call patterns will resume the following week, including another forward-looking call for our New Frontiers group.
Board and Management
We held a meeting of the Board this week, with recently elected incoming directors also invited to attend; discussion focussed on planning for the Lisbon event. A review of the company finances at the end of the current member year will be included in the next Board call planned for mid-July, with the new Director terms commencing next week.
Membership
Our membership renewals process continues, with all member fees officially due by the end of June for the upcoming new member year starting July 1st. Any members with issues making the deadline are requested to contact AMTSO for any assistance required.
Anyone interested in becoming an AMTSO member and contributing their insights to our various projects can find more information on our joining page.
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