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March 12, 2000 | Text: Markus Selinger | Awards
AV-TEST Awards 2025 for Kaspersky
For quite some time, robust cybersecurity has not only been a guarantor of data protection. In times of ransomware, infostealers and other dangerous malware, it is all the more important to provide all-round protection, e.g. for identities, financial, system and network information. AV-TEST experts in the test labs ascertain in thousands of tests which protection products on the market keep their protection promise for Windows, Mac and Android, and based on the findings, the lab issues certificates for tested security. The AV-TEST Awards 2025 mark the 15th time that the institute has recognized the best security products for consumer users and companies that have consistently proven themselves with top scores in all tests. Based on a series of above-average test scores in 2025, security manufacturer Kaspersky earns a total of six awards. For the manufacturer’s outstanding performance in the usability tests under Windows, the AV-TEST Institute presents the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users to Kaspersky Premium, joined by the Best Usability Award for Corporate Users conferred on two products, Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Small Office Security. There are two more to add to the collection: the Best Advanced Protection Award for Corporate Users is also granted to Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Small Office Security. And finally, due to its perfect protection of MacOS, the Kaspersky Premium protection package garners the Best MacOS Security 2025 Award for Consumer Users.
AV-TEST Awards 2025
for Kaspersky
AV-TEST Award – for tested and reliable IT security
There are many product reviews on the Internet. But truly professional tests always adhere to standards and are therefore fully comprehensible and reproducible at all times – as has been the case with all tests in the labs of the AV-TEST Institute for over 20 years.
All tested products for Windows, Mac and Android platforms for consumer users or corporate users are subject to these test standards, which can also be viewed on the AV-TEST website. The testers document the test findings with great reliability and extreme precision. They only award a certificate for tested security if a product fulfills the set test criteria in the evaluated areas of Protection, Performance and Usability. If the results are outstanding, products also earn further recognition as a TOP PRODUCT.
Along with testing Windows solutions at set intervals, the laboratory also carries out Advanced Threat Protection tests, or ATP tests for short. In these special tests, the security products have to prove themselves repeatedly in real-life scenarios in which, depending on the threat situation, the latest attack techniques from ransomware and infostealers are deployed.
All products continuously proving themselves in the ongoing tests by achieving top scores are found in the latest AV-TEST Awards 2025 evaluation matrix. This year, the test experts at the AV-TEST Institute are presenting 25 awards to 12 different manufacturers. The awards are available in 11 categories, divided into Protection, Performance, Usability and Advanced Protection under Windows. Added to this are Mac Security and Android Security. Every manufacturer can rightfully take pride in their award – some of them even with several awards – as the pathway to one of the coveted trophies is long. Consumer users and corporate users can quickly identify reliable and continuously tested protection products on the basis of the award. In doing so, they acquire an important element of security or may even already be making use of it.
AV-TEST Awards for Kaspersky – special recognition for strong IT security
All the good research and development work paid off for Kaspersky, as the AV-TEST Institute is recognizing the manufacturer during its 2025 Award ceremony with a total of six of the coveted trophies.
As the usability tests demonstrated throughout the 2025 test year, the Kaspersky experts know exactly which of the many new data every day are dangerous and which are harmless. It may sound like a simple task, but it's not, because the majority of files and programs are harmless and a mix-up can happen easily. Thanks to perfect differentiation between friend and foe, there were no false alarms in the tests. For the top scores achieved, AV-TEST presents Kaspersky Premium with the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users. Also in its solutions for corporate users, Kaspersky implemented and achieved reliable detection and differentiation of benign and malicious data. Thus, the institute confers the Best Usability 2025 Award for Corporate Users on both Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Small Office Security.
Good protection solutions consist of more than simply a detection engine for files. In a protection package, many security modules work hand in hand to thwart malware, even if it is not detected immediately. The AV-TEST lab sheds light on this protection capability in its Advanced Threat Protection tests – ATP tests for short – under Windows. The test regimen involves 10 live scenarios, examining how reliably devious ransomware and infostealers with their latest attack techniques can be detected and fended off by security solutions. In these test series, with constantly changing test scenarios, the two products for corporate users, Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Small Office Security, achieved stellar results in all 2025 tests. Based on this robust protection performance, both solutions received the Best Advanced Protection 2025 Award for Corporate Users.
In addition to Windows, it is also necessary to defend Apple's MacOS platform against malware attacks. Kaspersky also distinguished itself in this test category for consumer users with above-average test results in 2025. Thus, the Kaspersky Premium protection package earns the Best MacOS Security 2025 Award for Consumer Users.
"Based on test scores achieved, the manufacturer Kaspersky made an impressive showing in the 2025 test year, thus garnering six awards in this 15th year of the awards program. The compelling performance in detecting harmless and dangerous files shows the great expertise of Kaspersky experts. The consistently high score results and no false alarms are reflected in the three awards, Best Usability 2025 for the consumer user product, Premium, and the two corporate user solutions Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Small Office Security. The error-free and reliable performances in the ATP tests also deserve to be rewarded in the form of awards. That is why we are presenting to Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Small Office Security the Best Advanced Protection Award for Corporate Users. And finally, we are delighted to recognize consistent security on MacOS systems in all tests with the Best MacOS Security Award for Consumer Users. The team from AV-TEST congratulates Kaspersky on its outstanding work, its secure products, and is pleased to be able to present these six awards. Huge congratulations to the winner!”, says Erik Heyland, Head of Testing Labs at AV-TEST.