Manufacturers of IT Security Software

Identifying Optimisation Potential

The AV-TEST Institute is an important contact and consultant for manufacturers of IT security software when it comes to monitoring and product optimisation throughout the entire product cycle.

AV-TEST carries out intensive analyses in which it examines security products or their individual components and identifies room for improvement, as well as carrying out comparative tests and testing beta versions on request.

Independent feedback enables manufacturers to exhaust all improvement possibilities for their products. These are based on the latest findings and are identified in the expert laboratory with the aid of the Institute’s own sensors and analysis procedures and through use of the Institute’s own data inventory. Products that are submitted to the AV-TEST certification procedure additionally have the chance, if they are successful, to advertise their own security to specific target groups by achieving a valuable inspection seal of approval.

Providing Innovative Analysis Tools

The tools Sunshine and VTEST, which are developed and used in the AV Test laboratory, enable optimised processing of safe and malicious data on a manufacturer’s level. These tools provide a maximum amount of independence and precise results and are a time-saving solution. 

Supplying Test Data

From the huge inventory of data that is expanded on a daily basis, AV-TEST regularly supplies manufacturers with a large amount of safe and malicious test data. These are used to optimise products that focus on preventing false positives and to extend individual test databases.