Trend Micro is ‘Clear Winner’ in URL Filtering and Web Security
(TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security, announced today
that the company’s URL filtering and Web Security technologies defeated six
other market-leading products tested by independent tester Cascadia Labs –
proving that the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network delivers security that’s
smarter than traditional approaches of blocking Web threats.
The URL filtering and Web security technologies in the tested Trend Micro
secure Web gateway product earned a weighted overall score of 73 percent,
while the second-ranked product earned just 64 percent. In addition to
earning the highest score overall, Trend Micro also ranked first at blocking
URLs containing security threats — it blocked 68 percent of threat URLs,
compared to most competing products that blocked less than 10 percent of
phishing and exploit URLs selected from Cascadia Lab’s independent corpus of
more than 1.5 million categorized Web pages; even the best blocked just 48
percent.
“Traditionally, products have blocked URLs using local databases which are
updated frequently by the vendors. In recent years, more products have added
remote database lookup, Web reputation, anti-phishing, and real-time
categorization capabilities to keep up with the fast-changing Internet. For
example, Trend Micro Web Security technology leverages a remote database,
anti-phishing, and Web reputation in its product,” said Cascadia Labs. “While
we analyze the contribution of various approaches such as these, it’s
ultimately the products’ ability to block unwanted URLs that matters to
customers. Trend Micro’s Web security technology was consistently at or near
the top at effectiveness blocking each group of content.”
Typically, URL filtering and Web security products protect PCs and
corporate networks from dangerous, inappropriate, and unwanted content on the
Web. These products can block Web pages that contain sexually explicit,
violent, or illegal content. At the same time, they also play an increasingly
important role in securing corporate networks — they can provide a first line
of defense against malicious Web pages and even legitimate Web pages that have
been temporarily hi-jacked or compromised with malicious redirects
surreptitiously placed there by hackers seeking to steal visitors’ personal
information for ill-gotten gain.
Trend Micro’s URL filtering and Web security technologies are part of the
Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, which checks the security of more than
five billion URL, email, and file queries daily. The Trend Micro Smart
Protection Network delivers security that’s smarter than conventional
approaches by blocking the latest threats in the cloud before they reach a
corporate network. Powering Trend Micro’s solutions and services, the Smart
Protection Network combines unique Internet-based technologies and
lighter-weight clients to offer immediate and automatic protection. Every
day, Trend Micro breaks 8 to 10 million infections.
Trend Micro’s overall security group blocking effectiveness from Cascadia
Lab’s report:
Malware: Trend Micro blocked 68 percent of malware URLs — including
Trojans, worms, viruses, and other downloads. The next best competing
product’ score was 49 percent.
Exploits: When pitted against exploits, or “drive-by” downloads, Trend
Micro blocked 73 percent of these threats, while the next-best product blocked
only 33 percent.
Phishing: Trend Micro blocked 74 percent of these URLs, compared with an
average of just 20 percent. Two competing products blocked no phishing URLs at
all.
Potentially Unwanted Applications: URLs in this category include
questionable, but not necessarily malicious, URLs such as adware downloads.
Trend Micro blocked 64 percent, leading a group that only blocked 39 percent
on average.
Trend Micro’s URL filtering and Web security technologies are used within
a broad range of products and solutions designed for both businesses and
consumers:
Trend Micro(TM) Internet Security, a home and home office security product
offering total online safety.
OfficeScan(TM) Client/Server Edition, an enterprise-class endpoint
security product that provides on- and off-network protection against both
file and Web-based attacks.
IM Security for Microsoft Office Communications Server, an
enterprise-class security product to protect internal IM communications from
file and Web-based attacks.
Interscan(TM) Web Security, an enterprise-class solution for securing
employee’s Internet Web and IM usage
Worry-Free(TM) Business Security, a comprehensive suite of endpoint and
hosted gateway solutions to protect small and medium businesses against file,
email, and Web-based attacks.
Testing Scope
Cascadia Labs tested the ability of six market-leading products to block
content in 22 specific categories within six broad groups of primarily
English-language pages: Security, Adult, Bandwidth Usage, Communications,
Liability, and Productivity & Recreation.
Cascadia Labs’ security group contains real-world threat URLs in five
categories (malware, exploits, phishing, proxy, and potentially unwanted
applications) in a distribution that mimics their real-world prevalence.
Cascadia Labs’ testing and analysis focuses exclusively on the blocking
effectiveness of the products’ URL databases and Web reputation capabilities.
In order to focus solely on products’ core URL filtering capabilities,
Cascadia Labs tested these six products without included or optional perimeter
anti-virus or anti-spyware scanners, which also introduce potentially high
latency for users.
For the full report, please visit:
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/interscan-web-security-
suite/cascadia-review/index.html
The report can also be found on Cascadia Lab’s Web site:
http://www.cascadialabs.com/reports/Cascadia_Labs_URL_Filtering_and_Web_Securi
ty.pdf
About Cascadia Labs:
Cascadia Labs performs independent evaluations of technology products.
Cascadia Labs provide technology companies, venture capital firms, and
industry publications with objective, focused testing and analysis of hardware
and software for enterprise, small-business, and consumer audiences. Their
services leverage existing investments in the Cascadia Labs Test Platform and
associated URL and malware databases.
About Trend Micro:
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security,
focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and
consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing
integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity,
personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the
newest Web threats. Visit TrendWatch at
http://www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to learn more about the threats. Trend
Micro’s flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported
24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe. Many of these solutions
are powered by the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network, a next generation
cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers
from Web threats. A transnational company, with headquarters in
Micro’s trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners
worldwide. Please visit http://www.trendmicro.com.
SOURCE Trend Micro Incorporated