With the large amount of software available from many vendors, the challenge for businesses now becomes determining which security solution is the most effective at mitigating the threat of malware, while minimizing implementation cost and impact to existing business functions and workflow. This report presents a comparative analysis on the performance, effectiveness and usability of seven security solutions from some of the world's largest security vendors.
Fast and Effective Endpoint
Security for Business
Comparative Analysis
June 2010 Document: Fast and Effective Endpoint Security for Business - Comparative Analysis Authors: K. Lai, D. Wren Company: PassMark Software Date: 15 June 2010 Edition: Edition 1 File: Fast and Effective Security for Business - Ed1 June 2010.docx Fast and Effective Endpoint Security for Business PassMark Software
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 2 REVISION HISTORY .............................................................................................................................................. 3 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 4 RATINGS AND SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 5 RATING CATEGORIES .................................................................................................................................................... 6 STAR RATING DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................... 6 TASK DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................. 7 HARDWARE ENVIRONMENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 7 PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS TESTED .................................................................................................................................. 7 PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 8 ESET SMART SECURITY BUSINESS EDITION ....................................................................................................... 11 KASPERSKY BUSINESS SPACE SECURITY ............................................................................................................ 14 MCAFEE TOTAL PROTECTION FOR ENDPOINT ................................................................................................... 17 MICROSOFT FOREFRONT CLIENT SECURITY ....................................................................................................... 20 SOPHOS ENDPOINT SECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION .................................................................................... 23 SYMANTEC ENDPOINT PROTECTION ................................................................................................................. 26 TREND MICRO WORRY FREE BUSINESS SECURITY ............................................................................................. 29 DISCLAIMER AND DISCLOSURE ......................................................................................................................... 32 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY ............................................................................................................................................. 32 DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 TRADEMARKS ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 CONTACT DETAILS ............................................................................................................................................ 32 APPENDIX A - PERFORMANCE METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................ 33
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