Fortinet(R) Aces Anti-Phishing Test, Earns ADVANCED Rating FromAV-Comparatives
Endpoint Security Solution Earns Award Based on High Blocked Performance and Low Rate of False Positives
SUNNYVALE, CA, Aug 23, 2013 (Menafn – Marketwired via COMTEX) –Fortinet(R) FTNT — a world leader in high-performancenetwork security — today announced the company has been awarded anADVANCED rating in AV-Comparative’s July 2013 Anti-Phishing Test,earning a 97 % score out of 100%.
AV-Comparatives staff tested Fortinet’s anti-phishing capabilitiesalong with 15 other endpoint security solutions from multiplecountries for phishing URL detection and false positives. The awardspresented included ADVANCED , ADVANCED, STANDARD and no award.STANDARD winners are considered to be good products that achieved a”good” score, ADVANCED winners received a “very good” score andADVANCED winners received an “excellent” score. Products that didnot receive an award may still require further improvement to reachthe tested goal. An overview of past awards can be found on thecompany’s Website. For the July 2013 test, malware sets were frozenon July 21, 2012 and consisted of 187 samples. The full report may beviewed here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/anti-phishing-test/
Fortinet’s anti-phishing technology is part of the suite of securityservices developed and maintained by the company’s global FortiGuardLabs research team, which delivers industry-leading advanced malwarethreat protection for a wide range of Fortinet products, includingFortiGate(R), FortiWeb(TM), FortiMail(R), FortiCarrier(TM),FortiCache(TM) and FortiClient(R) products. The technology is alsofound at the heart of Fortinet’s FortiOS 5.
The FortiOS Advantage
FortiOS is a security-hardened, purpose-built Operating System thatis the foundation of all Fortinet network security platforms. It canbe used across large or small enterprise infrastructures.
More Protection – Advanced Threat Protection for Fighting AdvancedPersistent Threats – FortiOS 5 includes a new, advanced anti-modernmalware detection system for identifying and mitigating AdvancedPersistent Threats. Together with superior, industry-validatedantivirus signatures, FortiOS 5 delivers a multi-layered approach todealing with today’s most dangerous security threats, including:
—FortiGuard Antivirus Engine, which identifies standard AV threats and
also uses advanced heuristics and sandboxing to determine malicious
behavior
—FortiGuard Analytics, which identifies zero-day wares for further
analysis in the cloud
—FortiGuard Botnet Database, which contains up-to-date information
about IP reputations and prevents remote command and control
communications
—Fortinet Web Filtering, which uses URL matching and advanced DNS-based
web filters to identify potentially harmful websites
The critical functionality in Fortinet’s antivirus engine is itsability to decode and track behaviors of polymorphic, encrypted andpacked malware in realtime. Commonly used by authors of AdvancedPersistent Threats (APTs), these evasion techniques can enableadvanced malware to bypass other detection engines. To detect andblock unknown threats, Fortinet developed a propriety binaryemulation engine that allows its antivirus engine to detect newmalware and variants, regardless of whether a detection signatureexists. This enables the engine to detect today’s robust malwarethreats, and APTs, even those that use sophisticated evasiontechniques like polymorphism and encryption to avoid detection fromother antimalware products.
Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs consists of a world-class security teamthat monitors the threat landscape and ensures Fortinet customers arecontinuously informed and protected against today’s most modernthreats. Consisting of more than 150 dedicated research analysts,FortiGuard helps protect customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a weekand365 days a year. The team discovers new third party threats and thendelivers rapid signature updates and detailed security knowledgedesigned to provide practically instant protection from new andemerging threats. In a typical week, the FortiGuard team adds orupdates approximately 1.4 million antivirus, intrusion prevention(IPS) and antispam signatures. Additionally, FortiGuard has made morethan 150 zero day discoveries in the last three years and activelycollaborates with non-government and governmental organizations.
Fortinet is able to discover threats quickly via analyzing datasubmitted voluntarily by Fortinet’s extensive customer network ofhundreds of thousands of installed FortiGate devices and then pushout signature updates to every customer in the world in minutes –unlike competing security companies that have to rely on third partysecurity companies to provide them with the latest malwaresignatures.
“AV-Comparatives is a world renowned, third-party independentresearch and test facility, which makes receiving this award such anhonor for us,” said John Maddison, vice president of marketing forFortinet. “Today’s announcement reinforces our commitment to provideour customers with leading-edge technology that’s built from theground up to defend against today’s most advanced and persistentnetwork threats.”
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About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com) Fortinet FTNT is aworldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leaderin unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscriptionservices provide broad, integrated and high-performance protectionagainst dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT securityinfrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providersand government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2011Fortune Global 100. Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate product deliversASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers ofsecurity designed to help protect against application and networkthreats. Fortinet’s broad product line goes beyond UTM to help securethe extended enterprise – from endpoints, to the perimeter and thecore, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquarteredin Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.
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