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 ;) .

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

AV Comparatives Performance Test – Impact of Security Software on System Performance Report October 2015

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AV Comparatives has released their Performance Test – Impact of Security Software on System Performance Report . Nineteen products were tes...
Monday, November 09, 2015

Security Predictions for 2016 or “Let the internet security prognostication begin”

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It’s that time of the year, when security pundits make their security predictions and comment on trends for 2016. Of course, it would be gr...
Monday, October 26, 2015

CompTia Survey - 17% of people would put a found USB stick in their laptop. Ouch or fantastic?

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In a  CompTia survey  written about by Softpedia in “One of the Biggest Security Risks: Naive People Connecting Lost USBs to Their PCs”,   ...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

The Pareto Principle and the Pursuit of Perfect Internet Security – a Parable

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Not so long ago, a bright security professional and a firm believer of the Pareto Principle, was tasked with designing and implementing an...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

AV-Comparatives File Detection Test – September 2015

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Av-Comparatives prolific team of writers and testers has released their File Detection Test – September 2015. Nine products received ...
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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