Kaspersky wins nine AV-TEST awards for cybersecurity excellence

Kaspersky's security solutions have been awarded nine AV-TEST Best Awards for their cybersecurity performance in 2024 across both business and consumer categories.

According to the AV-TEST Institute, Kaspersky's products distinguished themselves through superior protection, advanced threat defence, and resistance to false positives. This recognition highlights the company's ongoing research and development efforts to enhance digital safety for businesses and consumers.

In the business category, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, now incorporated into Kaspersky Next, and Small Office Security solutions earned the Best Protection Award for Corporate Users. This commendation underscores the products' capability to protect against modern cyber threats. Moreover, these solutions were also granted the Best Advanced Protection Award for Corporate Users, recognising their efficacy in countering sophisticated threats such as ransomware and information stealers.

Kaspersky's business-oriented products were additionally acknowledged with the Best Usability Award for Corporate Users. This award reflects the solutions' seamless protection performance and high resistance to false positives, supporting business continuity.

Kaspersky Plus received the Best Protection Award for Consumer Users on the consumer front, highlighting its robust security performance on Windows platforms. The product also secured the Best Usability Award for Consumer Users, recognised for its detection accuracy and zero false alarms. For Mac users, Kaspersky Premium was awarded Best MacOS Security Solution for Consumer Users, for its strong defence capabilities targeting Apple devices.

Alexander Liskin, Head of Threat Research at Kaspersky, commented: "Our solutions are designed to provide our customers with the highest level of security, and we are proud to see our efforts recognised with these annual awards. Whether protecting a single device or securing an entire organisation, we are committed to research and innovation in cybersecurity, ensuring the digital safety for businesses and consumers in an evolving threat landscape."

Erik Heyland, Head of Testing Labs at AV-TEST, added, "Kaspersky's outstanding performance has earned it a remarkable distinction, with the AV-TEST team honouring its products with a total of nine awards in the 2024 award series. The three awards for consumer users on Windows and Mac provide a very good basis for trust."

"The other six awards for corporate user products are particularly impressive in the Best Protection and Best Advanced Protection categories. With its long list of awards, Kaspersky underscores its solid research and development work. The awards in the Best Usability category are also underscored by perfectly coordinated friend or foe recognition."

"The AV-TEST team is delighted to present Kaspersky with as many as nine awards in recognition of its excellent performance, and sends words of congratulations to the team at Kaspersky," said Heyland.

Kaspersky has participated in AV-TEST's evaluations and certifications over several years, leading in the total annual awards received from the test lab since 2011. The company's tally comprises 64 Best awards, including 29 for consumer products, 34 for business products, and one for innovation.