{"id":22297,"date":"2024-01-23T06:12:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kaspersky-product-of-the-year-2023-av-comparatives\/22297\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:57:32","slug":"kaspersky-product-of-the-year-2023-av-comparatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kaspersky-product-of-the-year-2023-av-comparatives\/22297\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kaspersky solution named Product of the Year by AV-Comparatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great news! The latest generation of our security solutions for home users has received a Product of the Year 2023<\/a><\/strong> award. It\u2019s the result of extensive multi-stage testing conducted by independent European test lab AV-Comparatives<\/a> over the course of 2023, which examined and evaluated 16 security solutions from popular vendors. Here\u2019s what this victory means, what it consists of, how the testing was done, and what other awards we picked up.<\/p>\n

\"Kaspersky<\/a>

Our Kaspersky Standard security solution was named Product of the Year 2023 after in-depth testing by AV-Comparatives<\/p><\/div>\n

What does \u201cProduct of the Year\u201d actually mean?<\/h2>\n

\nThe tests were carried out on our basic security solution for home users \u2014 Kaspersky Standard<\/a> \u2014 but its outstanding results apply equally to all our endpoint products. The reason is simple: all our solutions use the same detection and protection technologies stack that was thoroughly tested by AV-Comparatives.<\/p>\n

Thus, this top award, Product of the Year 2023<\/strong>, applies equally to our more advanced home protection solutions \u2014 Kaspersky Plus<\/a> and Kaspersky Premium<\/a> \u2014 and also our business products, such as Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business<\/a> and Kaspersky Small Office Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what does it take to earn the coveted Product of the Year<\/strong> title?<\/p>\n

A security solution needs to take part in seven tests throughout the year and consistently achieve the highest Advanced+<\/strong> score in each of them. These tests examine the quality of protection against common threats and targeted attacks, resistance to false positives, and the impact on overall system performance. This golden triad of metrics forms the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of security solution performance.<\/p>\n

That the testing is continuous over the course of a year is important since malware developers hardly sit around twiddling their thumbs \u2014 new threats emerge all the time, and existing ones evolve with breathtaking speed. Consequently, security solution developers must keep moving forward at the same pace. That\u2019s why assessing performance at a single point in time is misleading \u2014 to get a true picture of a solution\u2019s effectiveness requires extensive and repeated testing all year long. Which is precisely what AV-Comparatives does.<\/p>\n

AV-Comparatives examined 16 security solutions from the largest vendors in its tests. Winning such a significant contest clearly demonstrates the highest level of protection provided by our products.<\/p>\n

\"AV-Comparatives<\/a><\/p>\n

The seven rounds of tests \u2014 some of which individually lasted several months \u2014 that our protection<\/a> took part in to eventually win the Product of the Year<\/strong> award were the following:\n<\/p>\n

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  1. March 2023: Malware Protection Test<\/strong> spring series<\/li>\n
  2. April 2023: Performance Test<\/strong> spring series<\/li>\n
  3. February\u2013May 2023: Real-World Protection Test<\/strong> first series<\/li>\n
  4. September 2023: Malware Protection Test<\/strong> autumn series<\/li>\n
  5. September\u2013October 2023: Advanced Threat Protection Test<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n
  6. October 2023: Performance Test<\/strong> autumn series<\/li>\n
  7. July\u2013October 2023: Real-World Protection Test<\/strong> second series<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \nTo earn AV-Comparatives\u2019 Product of the Year<\/strong> title, a security solution needs to get the highest score in each stage of testing. And our product rose to the challenge: in each of the tests listed above, Kaspersky Standard<\/a> scooped the top score \u2014 Advanced+<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \"AV-Comparatives<\/a>

    The Product of the Year award went to Kaspersky Standard based on top marks in all seven of a series of AV-Comparatives\u2019 tests in 2023<\/p><\/div>\n

    How AV-Comparatives tests security solutions<\/h2>\n

    \nNow for a closer look at AV-Comparatives\u2019 testing methodology. The different tests evaluate the different capabilities of the security solutions taking part.\n<\/p>\n

    Malware Protection Test<\/h3>\n

    \"AV-Comparatives<\/a><\/p>\n

    This test<\/a> examines the solution\u2019s ability to detect prevalent malware. In the first phase of the test, malicious files (AV-Comparatives uses just over 10,000 malware samples) are written to the drive of the test computer, after which they\u2019re scanned by the tested security solution \u2014 at first offline, without internet access, and then online. Any malicious files that were missed by the protective solution during static scanning are then run. If the product fails to prevent or reverse all the malware\u2019s actions within a certain time, the threat is considered to have been missed. Based on the number of threats missed, AV-Comparatives assigns a protection score to the solution.<\/p>\n

    Also during this test, the security solutions are evaluated for false positives. High-quality protection shouldn\u2019t mistakenly flag clean applications or safe activities. After all, if one cries wolf too often, the user will begin to ignore the warnings, and sooner or later malware will strike. Not to mention that false alarms are extremely annoying.<\/p>\n

    The final score is based on these two metrics. An Advanced+<\/strong> score means reliable protection with a minimum of false positives.\n<\/p>\n

    Real-World Protection Test<\/h3>\n

    \"AV-Comparatives<\/a><\/p>\n

    This test<\/a> focuses on protection against the most current web-hosted threats at the time of testing. Malware (both malicious files and web exploits) is out there on the internet, and the solutions being tested can deploy their whole arsenals of built-in security technologies to detect the threats. Detection and blocking of a threat with subsequent rollback of all changes can occur at any stage: when opening a dangerous link, when downloading and saving a malicious file, or when the malware is already running. In any of these cases, the solution is marked a success.<\/p>\n

    As before, both the number of missed threats and also the number of false positives are taken into account for the final score. Advanced+<\/strong> is awarded to products that minimize both these metrics.\n<\/p>\n

    Advanced Threat Protection Test<\/h3>\n

    \"AV-Comparatives<\/a><\/p>\n

    This test<\/a> assesses the ability of the solution to withstand targeted attacks. To this end, AV-Comparatives designs and launches 15 attacks to simulate real-world ones, using diverse tools, tactics and techniques, with various initial conditions and along different vectors.<\/p>\n

    A test for false positives is also carried out. This checks whether the solution blocks any potentially risky, but not necessarily dangerous, activity (such as opening email attachments), which increases the level of protection at the expense of user convenience and productivity.\n<\/p>\n

    Performance Test<\/h3>\n

    \"AV-Comparatives<\/a><\/p>\n

    Another critical aspect of a security solution\u2019s evaluation is its impact on system performance. Here, the lab engineers emulate a number of typical user scenarios to evaluate<\/a> how the solution under test affects their run time. The list of scenarios includes:\n<\/p>\n