Test Lab: MRG Effitas
Test Title: MRG Effitas Q3 2018 360 Degree Assessment and Certification
AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP003
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Statement from Test Lab:
“A first-of-its-kind test that covers all angles, our pioneering 360 Degree Protection Test targets the key threats faced by internet users. In each test case we employ the full spectrum of Early Life Malware. We use a Time-To-Detect metric to measure how long it takes each application to detect and neutralize missed threats.”
Participants: 7
These Vendors chose to adopt Participant status under the AMTSO Standard, gaining certain guaranteed rights in return for attestations“Included” Vendors: 4
These Vendors did not chose to adopt Participant status under the AMTSO Standard, but may have engaged with the test lab in other waysCompliance Status: Confirmed compliant with AMTSO Standard v1.0
Publication Date: 2018-12-01
Participation information
Vendor Status Phase 1 Feedback Attestations Comments (Phase 1) Phase 2 Feedback Comments (Phase 2) Avast INCLUDED Completed Completed Submitted Completed Submitted Avira PARTICIPANT None (Waived) None Completed None BitDefender PARTICIPANT Completed Completed None Completed None ESET PARTICIPANT None (Waived) None Completed None F-Secure PARTICIPANT Completed Completed None Completed None Kaspersky PARTICIPANT None (Waived) None Completed Submitted Microsoft INCLUDED None None None None None McAfee INCLUDED None None None None None Symantec PARTICIPANT Completed Completed None None None Trend Micro INCLUDED None None None None None Webroot PARTICIPANT Completed Completed None Completed None -
Notification date: 2018-08-03
Notification method: Publicly posted test plan, Contact List noticeCommencement date: 2018-08-10
Phase 1 Commentary dates: 2018-08-14 – 2018-08-24
Phase 2 Commentary dates: 2018-10-29 – 2018-11-20Publication date: 2018-12-01
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MRG-Effitas “Q3 2018 360 Degree Assessment and Certification” covered the following products:
Avast Business Antivirus
Avira Antivirus Pro Business edition
BitDefender Gravityzone Advanced Business Security cloud
ESET Endpoint Security
F-Secure Protection Service for Business
Kaspersky Lab Endpoint Security Cloud
Microsoft Windows Defender
McAfee Endpoint Security
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Trend Micro Worry-Free Services with XGEN
Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection -
Phase 1 Commentary dates: 2018-08-14 – 2018-08-24
Phase 2 Commentary dates: 2018-10-29 – 2018-11-20Commentary received:
Avast
Vendor Status: INCLUDED
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): COMMENTARY SUBMITTED as follows:
“I haven’t seen an option to adopt participant status. Regarding notification about this test I have only found email with subject “Public Test Notification : MRG Effitas Q3 2018 360 Degree Assessment and Certification” from AMTSO.”
AMTSO Note: Notification message cited includes request to contact tester regarding Participant status.
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): COMMENTARY SUBMITTED as follows:
“Dispute process haven’t been finished yet.”
AMTSO Note: Commentary period extended to allow Dispute stage to complete.
Avira
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED (waived)
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Bitdefender
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: ALL ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): COMMENTARY SUBMITTED as follows:
On section “Configuration Audit”: “We thought that the tester would contact us for the configuration check and the tester thought that we would contact them. So, we never got the chance to do that.”
AMTSO Note: Configuration audit must be made available but can be on-request only, there is no requirement for the Tester to offer it to Vendors who do not request it.
On section “Execution of Test”: “Basic Bitdefender Endpoint Security version was used and therefore not all technologies available for the Business environment were used/tested. The Elite version should have protected against the miss in the Exploit category.“
Eset
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED (waived)
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
F-Secure
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: ALL ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Kaspersky Lab
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED (waived)
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): COMMENTARY SUBMITTED as follows:
On section “Feedback and disputes”: “The dispute process has not been ended by the moment. KL submitted the feedback and await for a tester’s reply.”
AMTSO Note: Commentary period extended to allow Dispute stage to complete.
McAfee
Vendor Status: INCLUDED
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: NO RESPONSE
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Microsoft
Vendor Status: INCLUDED
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: NO RESPONSE
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Symantec
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: ALL ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: NO RESPONSE
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Trend Micro
Vendor Status: INCLUDED
Vendor Attestation Status: NO ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: NO RESPONSE
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Webroot
Vendor Status: PARTICIPANT
Vendor Attestation Status: ALL ATTESTATIONS PROVIDED
Commentary (Phase 1): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
Vendor Confirmation Status: ALL ITEMS MARKED AS SATISFACTORY
Commentary (Phase 2): NO COMMENTARY SUBMITTED
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Compliance Status: Confirmed compliant with AMTSO Standard v1.0