Comments on Security and Other Topics by Craig Kensek

Postings on network security, Silicon Valley, technology, wine, infrastructure, that ubiquitous cloud, SaAS, web 2.0, marketing, management, strategy, Companies that may be mentioned include the usual security suspects. To name a few, in no particular order - Panda, Trend Micro, ESET, Avast, Symantec, BitDefender, Kaspersky, McAfee, Sophos. All of whom market their products as providing much above average security ;) .

Saturday, July 25, 2015

AV-Comparatives Mac Security Test and Review – July 2015

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Austria-based AV-Comparatives  has released the results of their Mac Security Test and Review, July 2015. This report   evaluates ten produ...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

AVG Technologies Financial Results 2014 – An Alternative View (some quick thoughts on issues for 2015) and AVG ME

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AVG Technologies released their financial results in February.  As usual, the focus was on revenue.  Per their announcement,   “Subscriptio...
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Av-Comparatives Summary Report – 2014

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For those who haven’t made a habit of downloading and looking at the many test reports  test group AV-Comparatives publishes, their AV-Comp...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

AVG Technologies in Play, an Alternative Look at Q3 Financial Results

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The San Francisco Giants win the World Series in even numbered years.  Rumors circulate about AVG Technology being an acquisition candidate...
Sunday, August 03, 2014

AhnLab Faces Uphill Battle in US – An Addendum

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   This is an addendum the February blog - “AhnLab Faces Uphill Battle in US against FireEye with AhnLab Malware Defense System (MDS)” ht...
Saturday, August 02, 2014

An Alternative Look at AVG Technologies’ Q2 Earnings Report

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AVG Technologies accounted their Q2 earnings report on July 30.  The stock fell about 13% as the company missed the Q2 revenue consensus ...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

AV-Comparatives Releases Results of May Real World Protection Test. Testing Firm Now ISO 9001 Certified

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Austria based AV-Comparatives has released the results of their May “Real World Protection Test”.  Bitdefender, the best anti-malware compa...
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Thursday, May 01, 2014

Palo Alto Networks, Check Point top Products in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls - 2014

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As is probably no big surprise to those in the industry and those purchasing network security products, Palo Alto Networks (PAN) and Check...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

AhnLab Raises Issues with Recent NSS Labs Breach Detection Study

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FireEye isn’t the only vendor displeased with their results and NSS Labs' methodology for their  latest Security Value Map.  AhnLab, wh...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014

When Being an “A” Company Rates a “D”. AV-Comparatives Releases “File Detection Test of Malicious Software” Report

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Not a stellar performance by three firms beginning with A in AV-Comparatives March “File Detection Test of Malicious Software.”  Avast – 20...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Fire in FireEye Valuation Gets Doused (slightly) With Release of NSS Breach Study Report – He Said, She Said Begins

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 NSS Labs issued their Breach Detection Security Value Map on April 2  Neither FireEye nor AhnLab can be pleased.  In brief, the Value Map ...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Just When You Thought the Target Breach Story Was Over. A Tale of Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), FireEye, and Warnings Ignored

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In the previous chapter of this adventure, Target CIO Beth Jacob had taken the hit and was going to resign.  Target was going to implement ...
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms- 2013

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 Gartner  has  released  their 2013 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms,   ID:G00247705.  Five performers are in the Leaders Q...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

RSA Conference USA 2014 – Where the World Talks Security - March addendum at the end

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Original Post It’s that time of the year again.  Not the coming of spring, but RSA Conference USA 2014, where the world talks security.  ...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

AhnLab Faces Uphill Battle in US against FireEye with AhnLab Malware Defense System (MDS)

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Silver sponsorship at RSA Conference USA 2014 in San Francisco  notwithstanding,  South Korea based AhnLab may face an uphill battle achiev...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

OPSWAT Market Share Analysis of Antivirus, Public File Sharing and Threat Detection - January 2014

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  San Francisco based software company OPSWAT has released their January 2014 Market Share Analysis of Antivirus, Public File Shari...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Target Data Breach – Target CEO Belatedly Starts to “Man Up”

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Target and CEO Gregg Steinhafel have finally downloaded a book on crisis management and are following the script for when a company crisis...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Blue Coat Systems - Having the Blues over Syria Again

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Just when you thought, it was over. More Blue Coat Systems proxy servers appear to be in Syria. Not a good may for Blue Coat COO an...
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