Check Point demonstrated a block rate of 99.8% on new malware, a flawless 100% phishing prevention rate, and an industry-leading lowest False Positive Detection rate of 0.13%.
'Based on our head-to-head competitive test findings and observations, we can see that Check Point's Infinity Platform excels in all the security efficacy testing categories. Check Point's next generation firewall was superior in advanced threat prevention and offers the best protection against the latest generation of cyberattacks including Zero+1 Day new Malware. Check Point did exceptionally well at blocking attacks in the first 24 hours, which is the window of highest risk for enterprises', said
Smithers also notes that, 'Check Point's industry-leading block rate enables enterprises to effectively prevent new malware from entering and spreading across their networks, servers, and endpoints, saving them time, money, stress, and resources. As a result, we proudly award Check Point with the Miercom Certified Secure certification in recognition of their superior competitive performance and exceptional value.'
'The Check Point Infinity platform continuously sets new threat prevention benchmarks for the cyber security industry,' said
Miercom's testing included verifying the effectiveness of anti-virus, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), anti-bot, URL Filtering (URFL), sandboxing, machine learning, and phishing protection.
The report includes the following highlights:
Critical Prevention Rate in the first 24 hours: Check Point led in the group test for immediate prevention of total Zero+1 Day malware samples
Best
Lowest False Positive Rate at 0.13%: In False Positive Malware Detection Tests, where content is falsely reported as malicious, Check Point led the group with the lowest false positive detection rate which also means the highest accuracy rate.
Top phishing prevention rate of 100%: In Phishing Prevention Tests, Check Point demonstrated the best overall prevention against phishing URLs, making use of advanced AI deep learning and global threat prevention. Competitor's miss rates were as high as 469 per 1000 phishing attacks
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'Zero+1 Day' refers to new malware, within their first 24 hours upon first detection.
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