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March 21, 2018 | Awards
AV-TEST Awards 2017 go to Symantec
The AV-TEST awards are now an established institution in the IT industry. This year, the Institute is now presenting its internationally recognized awards for the seventh time. Symantec was among the top finishers in the race for the title of the best IT security products of the year 2017, emerging as winner of four of the sixteen top awards. Symantec demonstrated superb results in the test categories of PROTECTION and ANDROID SECURITY.
AV-TEST Awards 2017
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The awards – a year of peak performance
There are many IT security products on the market. And as the regular tests by the AV-TEST Institute prove, many of them are good, and some are even excellent. Yet in order to earn an AV-TEST award, that's not enough. The "World Champion" title is reserved to the absolute top products offering performance that sets new standards in IT security and making a significant contribution towards prevention. The Symantec products receiving the AV-TEST awards continuously excelled in the laboratories of the AV-Test Institute over the entire test season, demonstrating peak performance in the test categories of protection and Android security. And they did so from start to finish: In six two-month intervals, these IT products for home users and corporate users were able to outperform the competition.
The awards for best protection on Windows systems go to Symantec, both in terms of products for end users and products for corporate users. The manufacturer receives the awards for outstanding protection delivered by its products "Internet Security" and "Endpoint Security". In terms of risk protection, Symantec not only defends its top position of last year, but is even able to achieve a top finish with yet another product. Because the manufacturer also offers "Endpoint Protection Cloud", an additional top-class IT security solution for companies.
Safely warding off attacks aimed at the Google operating system is among the ever-increasing challenges of IT security. In the 2017 test year, "Symantec Norton Mobile Security" managed to perfectly protect corporate users deploying a BYOD strategy, along with the ever-growing number of private devices.
Symantec: Norton Mobile Security
Symantec: Endpoint Protection
Symantec: Endpoint Protection Cloud
Symantec: Norton Security
"In terms of risk protection, Symantec not only defends its top position, but is even able to achieve a top finish with yet another product. Because the manufacturer also offers 'Endpoint Protection Cloud', an additional top-class IT security solution for companies."
Maik Morgenstern, CTO AV-TEST GmbH