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 ;) .

Thursday, October 08, 2015

Av-Comparatives – Review of IT Security Suites for Small Business – September 2015

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Av-Comparatives has released their Review of IT Security Suites for Small Business    - September 2015.   The review     examines security ...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

AV-Comparatives Malware Removal Test – September 2015

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AV-Comparatives has released the results of their AV-Comparatives Malware Removal Test for 2015. Products tested were a combination o...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Cyphort vs. FireEye – FireWhy? The Breach Detection, Advanced Persistent Threat Battle

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Cyphort is taking a different tact versus the others in the breach detection, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) market with thei...
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Friday, September 18, 2015

Carly Fiorina and Her Record at HP

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Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has been taking a lot of heat and defending her record while at Hewlett-Packard ten years ago. Below a...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

AV-Comparatives Mobile Security Review – August 2015

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Austria based AV-Comparatives has released their Mobile Security Review -  August 2015.  This is quite an extensive document, providing a c...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Black Eye for FireEye - Hitting Researchers with Injunctions

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Sometimes security companies can be a little too heavy handed. Or their lawyers have too much time on their hands. FireEye cleared this hur...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Is FireEye Fireproof?

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Addendum - December 7 :  On 12/7 - FireEye reached a fifty two week  low of  $19.76  This is lower than their IPO opening bell price. To...
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...
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