AV-Comparatives.org published the May edition of its proactive/retrospective testing to measure 16 anti-virus vendors’ capability in detecting new threats. Microsoft anti-virus received one of only 3 Advanced+ ratings. Our detection rate was 60%, the second best among the participants, and we had the fewest false positive samples.
This result is consistent with some recent proactive tests conducted by other industry test organizations. In the VB100 April edition, VB introduced a new metric, Reactive and Proactive (RAP), in their test criteria. Vendors scored from 8.0% to 94.7%. Both Forefront Client Security and OneCare score at 80% in the RAP test cases. In addition, in the WildList response time testing by AV-test.org in 2008, Microsoft was in the clear leading position on proactive detection.
For details, see AV-comparatives May edition, published here.
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The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) is providing secure access to 10,000 “orphaned users” who work remotely and had no means of accessing internal administrative services. MOD worked with CapGemeni and is using Microsoft identity and security solutions, such as Identity Lifecycle Manager (next version to be called Forefront Identity Manager), ISA Server (next version Forefront Threat Management Gateway) and Intelligent Application Gateway 2007.
Ministry of Defence advisor to the CIO David Longhurst says: “With all our HR services now online, there will be savings in the back office which could amount to many millions of pounds over 10 years. The savings will far outweigh the cost of the implementation.”
Enabling productivity, saving money. Sounds like Business Ready Security. Read the MOD case study here.
When PhillipCapital and the Australian government's Customs Service needed to improve the way they protect their desktops, they chose Forefront Client Security. A big reason for both was Forefront's integration with the rest of their Microsoft infrastructure.
"Forefront Client Security works seamlessly with our core infrastructure components. As a result, we have reduced the cost of administering our security infrastructure by 60%. My advice to any company seeking a new security solution is to try out Forefront Client Security. The benefits of integration and rich reporting alone make it an ideal choice." - Thomas Thiew, IT Manager, PhillipCapital
“The interaction between Forefront Client Security and Windows Server Update Services is excellent,” says Rodgers. “The solution is very well integrated, which will be a big plus for us in terms of sending out updates and security definitions to individual computers.” - John Rodgers, Director of Technical Infrastructure Support, Australian Customs Service.
Read the PhillipCapital case study here, and the Australia Customs Service case study here.
Here's a brief video featuring analyst Scott Crawford of Enterprise Management Associates discussing how companies can manage "security fatigue," costs and threats through a more holistic view. The Business Ready Security strategy is aimed at helping companies more easily achieve that more comprehensive approach.