GEC NEWS WIREKaspersky Lab outperforms competition to grab the top spot in TOP3 metric for Internet security for the third year in a row
The annual TOP3 rating, devised by Kaspersky Lab, assessed the performance of over 100 vendors that took part in a variety of IT security tests for corporate, consumer and mobile products during the course of the year and Kaspersky products passed with flying colors leading to the top spot. Tests included in the TOP3 score assessed solutions’ performance relating to malware detection and removal, mobile security, anti-phishing and parental control, among others.
Only tests from recognized and independent labs, whose methodology is transparent and clear were considered. Tests performed in these programs assess all protection technologies against known, unknown and advanced threats.
Kaspersky Lab products participated in 94 independent tests throughout 2015, being awarded first place in 60 of them. Kaspersky Lab products also achieved a higher percentage of top-three places than any other vendor – 82%.
“Coupled with our in-house technology expertise, we not only deliver multi-layered security to deal with today’s threats, but develop next generation technologies to deal with the threat landscape of tomorrow, providing the most comprehensive protection available.” said Nikita Shvetsov, Chief Technology Officer, Kaspersky Lab.
Among the security vendors included in the TOP3 measurements were: Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, BullGuard, ESET, F-Secure, G DATA, Intel Security (McAfee), Microsoft, Panda, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro, etc.
