Bangkok--21 Jan--Core & Peak
Independent tests conducted by Cascadia Labs further validate the cloud-client architecture of the Trend Micro? Smart Protection Network as the best approach to combat Web threats.
Trend Micro Incorporated , a global leader in Internet content security, announced today that the company's URL filtering and Web Security technologies defeated six other market-leading products tested by independent tester Cascadia Labs -- proving that the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network delivers security that's smarter than traditional approaches of blocking Web threats.
The URL filtering and Web security technologies in the tested Trend Micro secure Web gateway product earned a weighted overall score of 73 percent, while the second-ranked product earned just 64 percent. In addition to earning the highest score overall, Trend Micro also ranked first at blocking URLs containing security threats -- it blocked 68 percent of threat URLs, compared to most competing products that blocked less than 10 percent of phishing and exploit URLs selected from Cascadia Lab's independent corpus of more than 1.5 million categorized Web pages; even the best blocked just 48 percent.
"Traditionally, products have blocked URLs using local databases which are updated frequently by the vendors. In recent years, more products have added remote database lookup, Web reputation, anti-phishing, and real-time categorization capabilities to keep up with the fast-changing Internet. For example, Trend Micro Web Security technology leverages a remote database, anti-phishing, and Web reputation in its product," said Cascadia Labs. "While we analyze the contribution of various approaches such as these, it's ultimately the products' ability to block unwanted URLs that matters to customers. Trend Micro's Web security technology was consistently at or near the top at effectiveness blocking each group of content."
Typically, URL filtering and Web security products protect PCs and corporate networks from dangerous, inappropriate, and unwanted content on the Web. These products can block Web pages that contain sexually explicit, violent, or illegal content. At the same time, they also play an increasingly important role in securing corporate networks -- they can provide a first line of defense against malicious Web pages and even legitimate Web pages that have been temporarily hi-jacked or compromised with malicious redirects surreptitiously placed there by hackers seeking to steal visitors' personal information for ill-gotten gain.
Trend Micro's URL filtering and Web security technologies are part of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, which checks the security of more than five billion URL, email, and file queries daily. The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network delivers security that's smarter than conventional approaches by blocking the latest threats in the cloud before they reach a corporate network. Powering Trend Micro's solutions and services, the Smart Protection Network combines unique Internet-based technologies and lighter-weight clients to offer immediate and automatic protection. Every day, Trend Micro breaks 8 to 10 million infections.
Trend Micro's overall security group blocking effectiveness from Cascadia Lab's report:
Malware: Trend Micro blocked 68 percent of malware URLs -- including Trojans, worms, viruses, and other downloads. The next best competing product' score was 49 percent.
Exploits: When pitted against exploits, or "drive-by" downloads, Trend Micro blocked 73 percent of these threats, while the next-best product blocked only 33 percent.
Phishing: Trend Micro blocked 74 percent of these URLs, compared with an average of just 20 percent. Two competing products blocked no phishing URLs at all.
Potentially Unwanted Applications: URLs in this category include questionable, but not necessarily malicious, URLs such as adware downloads. Trend Micro blocked 64 percent, leading a group that only blocked 39 percent on average.
Trend Micro's URL filtering and Web security technologies are used within a broad range of products and solutions designed for both businesses and consumers:
Trend MicroTM Internet Security, a home and home office security product offering total online safety.
OfficeScanTM Client/Server Edition, an enterprise-class endpoint security product that provides on- and off-network protection against both file and Web-based attacks.
IM Security for Microsoft Office Communications Server, an enterprise-class security product to protect internal IM communications from file and Web-based attacks.
InterscanTM Web Security, an enterprise-class solution for securing employee's Internet Web and IM usage
Worry-FreeTM Business Security, a comprehensive suite of endpoint and hosted gateway solutions to protect small and medium businesses against file, email, and Web-based attacks.
Testing Scope
Cascadia Labs tested the ability of six market-leading products to block content in 22 specific categories within six broad groups of primarily English-language pages: Security, Adult, Bandwidth Usage, Communications, Liability, and Productivity & Recreation.
Cascadia Labs' security group contains real-world threat URLs in five categories (malware, exploits, phishing, proxy, and potentially unwanted applications) in a distribution that mimics their real-world prevalence.
Cascadia Labs' testing and analysis focuses exclusively on the blocking effectiveness of the products' URL databases and Web reputation capabilities. In order to focus solely on products' core URL filtering capabilities, Cascadia Labs tested these six products without included or optional perimeter anti-virus or anti-spyware scanners, which also introduce potentially high latency for users.
For the full report, please visit: http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/interscan-web-security-suite/cascadia-review/index.html
The report can also be found on Cascadia Lab's Web site: http://www.cascadialabs.com/reports/Cascadia_Labs_URL_Filtering_and_Web_Security.pdf
About Cascadia Labs:Cascadia Labs performs independent evaluations of technology products. Cascadia Labs provide technology companies, venture capital firms, and industry publications with objective, focused testing and analysis of hardware and software for enterprise, small-business, and consumer audiences. Their services leverage existing investments in the Cascadia Labs Test Platform and associated URL and malware databases.
About Trend Micro:
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats. Visit TrendWatch at http://www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to learn more about the threats. Trend Micro's flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe. Many of these solutions are powered by the Trend MicroTM Smart Protection Network, a next generation cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats. A transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro's trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide. Please visit http://www.trendmicro.com.
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