Antivirus Detection Rates Study Shows the Real Exposure to Your Organization

I came across a blog entry from Cisco regarding malware detection rates that I found quite enlightening. My intent is to draw it to your attention now and come back to discuss it in more depth after I have a chance to review the study further. The blog entry is called “The Effectiveness of Antivirus on New Malware Samples” by Kevin Timm of Cisco.

What I really liked about the study was the portion that showed the “detection over time” chart that captured the sliding risk as new attacks are assimilated into antivirus offerings. One of the critical differentiators of Triumfant is the ability to detect malware without any prior knowledge of the attack. This graph shows how much coverage gap exists for a new attack and how long Triumfant would be standing as the first line of defense against the attack.

Posts to our blog that deal with antivirus detection rates such as “Antivirus Detection Rates – It is Clear You Need a Plan B” are consistently the most viewed entries, so I thought this study would prove a popular read.