NSS Labs

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 05/13/13 -- NSS Labs today released the results and analysis from its web browser security comparative evaluating the protection offered by the five leading browsers -- Apple Safari 5, Google Chrome 25/26, Microsoft Internet Explorer 10, Mozilla Firefox 19 and Opera 12 -- against ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 02/27/13 -- NSS Labs today released its 2013 Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Security Value Map and Comparative Analysis Reports, which evaluated 9 of the leading NGFW products on the market for security effectiveness, performance, enterprise management capabilities and total cost of ownership. This ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 02/25/13 -- NSS Labs today released three new 2013 Corporate End Point Protection Comparative Analysis Reports, which evaluated 11 enterprise level end point protection (EPP) products to test their effectiveness in blocking exploits and evasions. While only 3 of the 11 vendors -- McAfee, ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 02/04/13 -- NSS Labs today released a new 2012 Vulnerability Threat Report, analyzing data on threat and vulnerability trends over the past 10 years and revealing that after a 5 year decline, the number of vulnerabilities disclosed in 2012 rose 26% compared to 2011. ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/28/12 -- NSS Labs today released the latest results and analysis from its web browser security comparative series which evaluated the phishing protection offered by the four leading browsers -- Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox. During the 10-day test ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/12 -- NSS Labs today announced initiation of coverage and the launch of a new group test for breach detection systems (BDS). BDS is an emerging group of security solutions focused on detecting of intrusions caused by targeted persistent attacks (TPAs) and other particularly ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/30/12 -- NSS Labs today released the second Comparative Analysis Report™ from its 2012 Group Test for Consumer End Point Protection (EPP), which evaluated 13 leading EPP solutions and their ability to block some of the common evasion techniques that cybercriminals use to launch ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/12 -- NSS Labs today released the first Comparative Analysis Report™ from its 2012 Group Test for Consumer End Point Protection (EPP), which evaluated 13 leading EPP solutions. In tests targeting vulnerabilities that have been publicly available for months (some for years), NSS Labs ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/18/12 -- NSS Labs today released the final results and analysis from its 2012 Group Test for Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), which evaluated products from 8 leading NGFW vendors. This was the first group test conducted by NSS Labs for NGFW and results ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/04/12 -- NSS Labs today released the final results and analysis from its 2012 Group Test for IPS, which evaluated 10 leading IPS vendors and 15 products. While testing shows that IPS is a competitive market with several vendors obtaining high marks for security ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 09/18/12 -- NSS Labs, Inc., the leader in test-based research and analysis of information security products, today announced the addition of four new security analysts -- Ken Baylor, Stefan Frei, Thomas Skybakmoen, and Andrew Braunberg -- to its fast-growing team of industry-leading analysts. With these ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 08/15/12 -- NSS Labs, Inc., the leader in test-based research and analysis of information security products, today released the report, "Can Consumer AV Products Protect Against Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities?" where the results of testing showed that 9 of 13 popular consumer anti-virus products tested ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 08/02/12 -- NSS Labs, Inc., the leader in test-based research and analysis of information security products, today announced the addition of three key members in strategic areas of its organization. "NSS Labs has seen tremendous growth over the past two years. In order to ... read more

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/28/12 -- NSS Labs, the leader in test-based research and analysis of information security products, today released their exclusive Security Value Map™ (SVM) for Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW). "Our clients have shown a great deal of interest in the next generation firewalls as ... read more

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 02/14/12 -- NSS Labs, the leader in test-based research and analysis of information security devices, today announced that they have moved to a fully subscription-based model. The company has ceased selling individual reports and now only offers its research to subscription clients. NSS was ... read more

CARLSBAD, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/15/11 -- NSS Labs, Inc., the leading independent security testing organization, today announced the release of its latest Web Browser Security Comparative Test Reports against Socially-Engineered Malware for the third quarter of 2011. Two tests were carried out; one global test and one ... read more

CARLSBAD, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/12/11 -- NSS Labs, Inc., the leading independent security testing organization, today announced the release of its Network Firewall Comparative Group Test Report for the Q1 of 2011. Key findings from the report show: Three out of six firewall products failed to remain operational when ... read more

CARLSBAD, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/11/11 -- NSS Labs, Inc., the leading independent security testing organization, today announced the release of its latest Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Comparative Group Test Report for the fourth quarter of 2010. Key findings from the report show: Security effectiveness has improved on average ... read more

CARLSBAD, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/22/09 -- NSS Labs, a world leader in independent product testing and certification, today published new reports on endpoint protection products for consumer and corporate products. NSS Labs' next generation of anti-malware testing advances state of the art analysis, providing IT Security buyers with real-world security effectiveness data. Until ... read more

CARLSBAD, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/09 -- NSS Labs, a world leader in independent product analysis and certification, today published its second round of live browser security tests. Two separate tests measured protection against phishing and socially engineered malware across 5 browsers: Apple Safari 4, Google Chrome 2, Mozilla Firefox 3, Opera 10 ... read more