Symantec detects 100% of APT's

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Miercom conducted an independent third party validation of the Symantec Advanced Threat Protection: Network appliance, the Cisco SourceFire and the FireEye 1310.

Security Effectiveness testing verified the detection and blocking of multiple malware threats including, legacy, Advanced Evasion Techniques, Advanced Persistent Threats, BotNet, RATs, active threats and malicious documents.

The Symantec ATP (SATP:N) solution demonstrated its ability to detect the different types of malware threats. When compared to products of competing vendors, the Symantec ATP:N solution performed at least 15% better than both contenders, with well above average strengths in protection against six of the seven categories of malware.

Key Findings:

1. Symantec ATP:N detected 90.3% of all the malware sets

2. Detected 100% of Advanced Persistent Threats malware

3. Detected 97% in Advanced Evasive Threat (AET) Malware

4. Demonstrated better performance in malware detection than competitors

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection: Network is a solution that detects malicious content within a network by utilizing its Cynic malware detonation and global intelligence, its Vantage network intrusion detection, and its Insight reputation-based security technology to signal unknown and active threats.

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