ThreatDown wins every MRG Effitas award 3 years in a row (original) (raw)
12 quarters, 100% protection.
MRG Effitas, a world leader in independent IT research, assesses a product’s ability to meet today’s most pressing in-the-wild threats—such as zero-day malware, ransomware, and exploits—with speedy performance and low false positive rates.
ThreatDown Endpoint Protection (EP) achieved the highest possible score, and received certifications for Level 1, Exploit, Online Banking, Ransomware, and Phishing in the most recent anti-malware efficacy assessment results for the Q2 2024 evaluation performed by MRG Effitas.
The latest results mark the twelfth time in a row ThreatDown has received all certifications, officially making ThreatDown the only vendor to win every single certification from Q3 2021 through Q2 2024, which is 12 consecutive quarters, or three years.
Endpoint Protection is an integral layer of every ThreatDown Bundle, providing comprehensive protection against a wide range of threats, as demonstrated in the MRG Effitas tests.
Let’s dive into how ThreatDown consistently prevents more threats than any other vendor.
100% of phishing attempts blocked
Given the frequency and risks associated with phishing attacks today, it’s clear that modern endpoint security needs to protect against these attacks.
According to ReliaQuest, attackers used phishing in 70% of all initial access related incidents in 2023. CISA also showed that, within the first 10 minutes of receiving a phishing email, 84% of employees took the bait. After successfully compromising a system through phishing, threat actors can further their attacks by dropping ransomware or stealing sensitive data, leading to costly financial and reputational damages.
ThreatDown blocked 100% of phishing attempts in the ITW Phishing Test and was only one of two vendors to score 100% in the Phishing Simulator Test, earning us the 360° Phishing certification.
How we were able to do it: ThreatDown EP, the foundation for ThreatDown Bundles, features a web protection layer that blocks access to and from known or suspicious internet addresses.
100% of ransomware blocked
Using a blend of signature and signature-less technologies, the anti-ransomware layer of ThreatDown EP constantly monitors endpoint systems and automatically kills processes associated with ransomware activity.
MRG Effitas tested security products against 25 ransomware samples. In addition, it tested four ransomware simulator samples created in-house, ensuring the security product could only rely on its behavior scanning modules. To test for false positives, a device running ThreatDown EP also ran three benign programs designed to mimic ransomware behavior.
ThreatDown blocked 100% of ransomware threats in the MRG Effitas assessment and did so with no false positives, allowing the three benign programs to run. For this, we earned the 360° Ransomware certification.
100% of banking malware blocked
Banking malware is a big problem. According to Zimperium, twenty-nine malware families targeted 1,800 banking applications across 61 countries in the last year.
On the Q2 2024 test, we earned a 360° Online Banking certification, which means ThreatDown EP stopped 100% of threats designed to steal financial information and money from victim’s accounts.
100% of zero-day threats blocked
One of the many strong suits of our detection is that it can detect malware that has never been seen before, also called zero-day malware. We were one of few vendors that consistently detected and blocked these pernicious threats, with four vendors missing at least some samples.
Built on machine learning (ML) and behavioral analysis techniques, our behavior-based detection enabled ThreatDown EP to detect and block 100% of all zero-day threats. For this, as well as blocking all botnets, we earned the 360° Level 1 certification.
100% of exploits blocked
The anti-exploit feature of ThreatDown EP protects organizations from one of the most dangerous cyberattacks: Exploits targeting browser and application vulnerabilities.
MRG Effitas used eight different exploitation techniques to try and deliver a malicious payload on a device running ThreatDown EP. In this test, ThreatDown automatically blocked 100% of exploit and fileless attacks, entirely protecting the system from infection.
ThreatDown earned the 360° Exploit certification all thanks to our proprietary anti-exploit technology, which wraps vulnerable programs in four defensive layers that prevent an exploit from installing its payload, or even executing initial shell code.
Consistency is key
If there is one shining take away from this accomplishment, it’s that consistency is key.
A security solution that passes rigorous tests like MRG Effitas only some of the time may not stop threats in-the-wild when it matters most. For organizations that want to be confident threats are being detected and blocked, the latest MRG Effitas assessment demonstrates that ThreatDown—more consistently than any other solution—has what it takes to protect from today’s most pressing cyberthreats.