September 2012 OPSWAT Report on Worldwide Security Industry Market Share Analysis

OPSWAT Inc. has released their September 2012 report, “Security Industry Market Share Analysis”.  The data OPSWAT used was collected between August 16, 2011 and August 15, 2012.  It's worthwhile to check out the detailed report.  You can also learn more about OPSWAT, their reports, products and some free tools they have available.

There were some  changes in the order of the top five in the September Market Share Analysis.  Avira regained a position in the top five while AVG Technologies dropped out.  Globally, over the last six months, AVG Technologies had the largest loss in market share with about 1.4% (note, a company can gain in seats and still lose market share), and Avira the largest gain, with just fewer than 2%.  A couple of nice graphics illustrate market share and gain/loss for both the Global and North Americamarkets.  The detailed report has a listing of the top 10.  These top 10 have 89% of the market, according to OPSWAT.

Antivirus Worldwide Vendor Market Share September – OPSWAT

1. 17.5% - Avast
2. 13.9% - Microsoft
3. 12.1% - Avira
4. 10.6% - Eset
5. 10.2% - AVG Technologies

Antivirus Worldwide Vendor Market Share June 2012 - OPSWAT

1. 17.4% - Avast
2. 13.2% - Microsoft
3. 11.1% - Eset
4. 10.3% - Symantec
5. 10.1% - AVG Technologies

AV Products Worldwide Market Share

Avast and Microsoft were first and second with respect to global market share with 13.8% and 13.6%, respectively.  Avira was 3rd with 10%.  As with the other lists, OPWSWAT lists the top ten.  The top ten had 81% of the market.

North America Vendor Share

Microsoft led   the other vendors    with respect to market share at 26.7%.  Symantec was second at 15.7% and Avast 3rd at 11.1%.  The top 10 vendors have 89.5% of the market in North America.

There has to be a story behind Avast cancelling their initial public offering since they continue to be in a leading position among the three A’s, AVG Technologies, Avast, and Avira,  when it comes to market share.  Note that this is defined as installed base, not revenue. 

The cone of shame for that timeframe from the bottom up was from Ahnlab, Webroot, and PC Tools.

The major players are in the process of running out their Antivirus 2013 and Internet Security 2013 suites.  Depending on how these are received, the order may be changing over time.

Antivirus Usage, Real Time Protection, System Scan and Updates

Opswat also provides some interesting data on the major vendors from the perspective of – percentage of those with Real Time Protection (RTP) enabled (Microsoft Wins), Average Time since Last Definition Update (Microsoft) and Average Time since Last Full System Scan (Microsoft).  Where this data is somewhat funky is that users can define when they want a full system scan, for example. 

But Wait, There’s More!  Operating Systems Share

Windows 7 has 51.9% of the worldwide market, and 46.6% of the North America Market.  See the report.  Windows XP is just under 39% in both cases. 

But Wait, There’s More!  OPSWAT Products

Read the report for blurbs on the OESIS Framwork, AppRemover, Multi-Scanning solutions, the GEARS cloud-based endpoint management and monitoring solution, and the Secure Virtual Desktop (SVD).

AV¬-Comparative Testing 

The market   share leaders aren’t always the top rated ones in testing.  From the AV-Comparative March through June 2012 report, “Whole Product Dynamic ‘Real World’ Protection Test, for example,  the top five products were from    BitDefender, G Data, Kaspersky Qihoo, and F-Secure.  The June through August online graphic has the order as Kaspersky, QiHoo, BitDefender, Avira, and F-Secure. 

About OPSWAT  www.opswat.com  

Founded in 2002, OPSWAT is the industry leader in software management SDKs, interoperability certification, and multiple-engine scanning solutions. 

OPSWAT market share reports are available at http://www.opswat.com/media/reports  

AV-Comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.  www.av-comparatives.org

June 2012 OPSWAT Report on Worldwide Security Industry Market Share Analysis

OPSWAT Inc. has released  their June 2012 report,  “Security Industry Market Share Analysis”.  The data OPSWAT used was collected between May 16, 2011 and May 15, 2012.  It's worthwhile to check out the detailed report.  You can also learn a bit more about OPSWAT, their reports, products  and some free  tools they have available

There were some major changes in  the order of the top five over the last several months.  Avira fell out of the top five.  Microsoft and ESET moved up.  Symantec entered the top five and AVG Technologies dropped from third to fifth.  Globally, over the last six months, AVG Technologies had the largest loss in market share with about 2%, and ESET the largest gain, with about 2%.  A couple of nice graphics illustrate market share and gain/loss for both global and North America.  The detailed report has a listing of the top 10.  These top 10 have 89% of the market, according to OPSWAT.

Avast must be pleased where they are in the rankings as they prepare   for their IPO (Initial Public Offering).  They claim an installed base of over 189 million end points. Market share is important. That's where the revenue comes from. A  party may be in order. Live music by the Czech band Monkey Business, perhaps.

Antivirus Worldwide Vendor Market Share June 2012 - OPSWAT

1. 17.4% - Avast
2. 13.2% - Microsoft
3. 11.1% - Eset
4. 10.3% - Symantec
5. 10.1% - AVG Technologies

Worldwide Security Industry Market Share Leaders March 2012

1. 16.3% - Avast
2. 11.7% - Avira
3. 11.0% - AVG Technologies
4. 10.1% - Microsoft
5. 10.1% - Eset

AV Products Worldwide Market Share

Microsoft Security Essentials has a dominant percent of the market in this with 21.3%, followed by Avast Free Antivirus and AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition with 8.2%, and 7.7%, respectively.  Again, the OPSWAT report lists the top ten.

You’ll also want to check out the Security Industry Market Share Analysis report for Worldwide and North America Operating System market share.

As always, the market share leaders aren’t always the top rated ones in testing.  From the AV-Comparatives March 2012 report,  “On-demand Detection of Malicious Software”,    G Data and Avira were first and second correspondingly, with 3 stars.  Symantec didn’t participate.  Twenty vendors are in this report.  For the vendors listed above, where they ranked on the award levels table and the number of stars awarded:

10. Avast - 3 stars
11. ESET – 3 stars
16. AVG Technologies - 1 star
17. Microsoft – 1star (had the fewest false positives)

Go to AV-Comparatives'  Report "On Demand Detection of Malicious Software" (On demand comparative) - March 2012 for details.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/retrospective-test 


Also, BitDefender scored higher than all the other vendors tested in a March/April report published by AV-Test.org.  BitDefender scored with 17 out of 18 possible points.  With respect to OPSWAT market share, though, they are in “Other”.

The OPSWAT report also contains information about Windows Operating System Deployments, and Backup (client and vendor) market share.  A nice, free (!) report.  Well worth checking out.  The AV-comparatives report mentioned above is free, as well.
 
About OPSWAT  www.opswat.com

Founded in 2002, OPSWAT is the industry leader in soft¬ware management SDKs, interoperability certification, and multiple-engine scanning solutions. 

OPSWAT market share reports are available at http://www.opswat.com/media/reports 

AV-Comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.  www.av-comparatives.org


http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-2012-opswat-report-on-worldwide.html

March 2012 OPSWAT Report on Worldwide Security Industry Market Share Analysis

OPSWAT Inc. has published their March 2012 report on “Security Industry Market Share Analysis”. The data OPSWAT used was collected between March 23, 2011 and February 15, 2012. It's worthwhile to check out the detailed report. You can also learn a bit more about the organization, the products, and tools OPSWAT has available.

Worldwide Security Industry Market Share Leaders

1. 16.3% - Avast

2. 11.7% - Avira

3. 11.0% - AVG Technologies

4. 10.1% - Microsoft

5. 10.1% - Eset

The top three remain the same from the December report. Microsoft replaced Symantec in the top five and pushed Eset down to number five. The most recent report provides details for the top 10 for all the AV data. The top 10 vendors had 87.5% of the market share. Fragmented industry, but a great deal of consolidation at the top. Visit the Virus Bulletin website to see a number of the other products. www.virusbtn.com

Worldwide Market Share Leaders – Product

1. Avast – 11.9%

2. Microsoft – 10.0%

3. Avira – 9.8%

4. AVG – 6.8%

5. Eset – 6.8%

The top 5 were unchanged from December with Microsoft surpassing Avira for the number two spot.

North America Vendor Market Share

Four vendors broke the 10% market share barrier in this report - Symantec (16.9%), Microsoft (14.9%), AVG Technologies (13.2%), and Avast (12.0%).

North America Product Market Share

The top four were unchanged from December – Microsoft (14.6%), Avast (9.2%), AVG (8.8%), and Norton (7.2%).

Highest Test Results Doesn’t Translate into Vendor Market Share

For example, in the av-comparat.org summary report for 2011, Kaspersky was Product of the Year. Avira, Eset, BitDefender, and F-Secure had the other top rated products. http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/01/av-comparatives-summary-report-2011.html

In the av-test.org Q4 Product Review and Certification Report, the top 5 products were Kaspersky Internet Security 2012, BitDefender Internet Security 2012 , F-Secure Internet Security 2012 , G Data Internet Security 2012, and Norton Internet Security 2012 http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/01/av-test-product-review-and.html

The OPSWAT report also contains information about Windows Operating System Deployments, and Backup (client and vendor) market share.

Check out OPSWAT’s demo of their Secure Virtual Desktop technology. It enables users to browse privately and anonymously from any computer. It protects sensitive data by ensuring that no traces of your activities are left ­ on the machine after exiting the secure session. Virtualization is hot.

www.securevirtualdesktop.com

About OPSWAT

OPSWAT market share reports are available at http://www.opswat.com/media/reports

OPSWAT was founded in 2002. OPSWAT provides software engineers and IT professionals with development tools and data services to power manageability and security solutions. www.opswat.com

AV-Comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public. www.av-comparatives.org

Avast Software Files for $200 Million IPO

Avast Software filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of $200 million in common shares on December 20. They plan to use the proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes. Avast is based out of Prague in the Czech Republic.

Avast said it may also use some or all of the money raised to invest in complementary companies, products or technologies. For the six months ended June 30, Avast reported a profit of $23 million. This is an increase from $4.4 million during the same period last year. Revenue jumped 87% to $37.9 million.

UBS Investment Bank and Deutsche Bank Securities are the lead underwriters on the deal. This initial public offering has been in the rumor mill for a while.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/avast-software-files-for-200-million-ipo-2011-12-21

In August 2010, growth equity investor Summit Partners invested $100 million for a minority stake in Avast. http://www.avast.com/pr-growth-equity-investor-summit-partners-invests-100-million-in-avast-software.

http://kensek.blogspot.com/2010/09/avg-internet-security-2011-available-in.html

Results in 3rd Party Tests - Avast Has Mixed Results

In testing, Avast has been all over the place. In November, they came in 11th in the www.av-comparatives.org test for “Proactive Detection of New Malware”. They came in last in the av-comparatives October-November “Whole Product Dynamic Test”. G Data and Kaspersky came in first and 2nd, respectively. They came in 16th in this test for the 2nd half of 2011. They came in 8th in the August “On-demand Detection of Malicious Software” test. They scored above 90% and 80% respectively for Reactive Detection and Proactive Detection in the “RAP Averages Quadrant Apr-Oct 2011”. They’ve received VB100 awards for all tests entered in 2010 and 2011.

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index


OPSWAT Security Industry Market Share Leader

In the OPSWAT December 2011 report on “Security Industry Market Share Analysis”, Avast is listed as the antivirus worldwide security industry market share leader, with a 15.9% share. Avast claims on their web site that they they protect 142 million active and 187 million registered users.

http://kensek.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-2011-opswat-report-on.html


Ultimately, it'll be interesting to see how an Avast IPO fairs. Other security vendors are supposedly in the pipeline to go public.