For users, this means that cloud-based products for testing the introduction of the new standards and norms, also can help people more accurately assess the market cloud products.
Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, abbreviated as AMTSO) adopted a test cloud security products best practices.
Members of the organization, including Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro - has already recognized these standards, and to let users know the general product safety.
Held in San Francisco this year, RSA Security, we have heard countless "cloud." As the cloud-based security products, small increase in the standard of competition has become more urgent. To this end, anti-malware testing standards organizations (AMTSO) has started to make action.
Last week, has been founded two years of AMTSO standards body proposed a test cloud security products best practices. In this six-page document which (http://amtso.org/uploads/amtso-best-practices-for-testing-in-the-cloud-security-products.pdf), you can see, which related to virtualization, filtering the content of links and repetitive testing.
For users, this means that cloud-based products for testing the introduction of the new standards and norms, also can help people more accurately assess the market cloud products.
"The most important factor is carried out according to need to test some of the major assumptions no longer apply," Symantec renowned engineer Mark Kennedy (Mark Kennedy) explained that "on-demand test in the past been widely accepted. Now Cloud hard to achieve these. In addition, retrospective testing (based on comparative testing of new samples of existing products) is also challenging. "
Cloud the invention, now also means that the static test and dynamic test facing the same challenges, Mark Kennedy added.
"Over the years, many of us who believe that the static test does not indicate the full range of security suite protection performance, but should turn to be tested using dynamic testing. Now, the rise of cloud technology should be able to speed up the process of realization."
McAfee Avert Labs senior designer Igor Muttik also said the test cloud products than the traditional independent software testing is more complicated and takes more resources. To make testing more reliable and fair, which requires more computer, higher bandwidth and more reliable testing framework.
"If the test installation failed, this does not mean that the tested products failed," Muttik said, "In order to test the installation to become stable and reliable, it also needs to test itself."
In addition, the standards organization has also announced a public comment on the analysis of anti-malware program to help consumers to better assess its effectiveness. Of course, these critical analysis of results will be measured according to AMTSO testing standards.