OREANDA-NEWS. Kaspersky Lab today announced that it has been named an Excellence in Information Security Testing Award recipient by ICSA Labs for outstanding achievement and successful completion of 15 years of continuous ICSA Labs information security testing.

"ICSA Labs’ Excellence in Information Security Testing (EIST) Awards recognizes Kaspersky Lab’s dedication to the quality improvement process,” said George Japak, managing director, ICSA Labs. “It takes significant budget, resources and discipline to not only test and achieve information security certification, but also to maintain that certification going forward. The goal is to establish an improved security product that benefits both customers and the security ecosystem.”

The Excellence in Information Security Testing (EIST) Awards recognizes clients that have continually tested their products for 10, 15 or 20 years and maintained their information security certification with ICSA Labs. ICSA Labs’ clients benefit by working closely with analysts, leveraging criteria for product development, accessing research and participating in consortia, all with the objective of contributing to improved products that benefit customers and the security ecosystem.

“Businesses today are dealing with an ever-growing number of sophisticated and targeted attacks aimed at stealing sensitive corporate data or financial information,” said Chris Doggett, managing director of Kaspersky Lab North America. “This problem is continuing to get worse and is validated by a recent Kaspersky Lab survey that found that 12% of respondents experienced at least one targeted attack in the past year – a substantial increase from the 9% reported in the 2012 and 2013 studies. For this reason, we are always looking for opportunities to work with reputable third-party testing organizations like ICSA Labs to certify the efficacy of our solutions. This 15-year Excellence in Information Security Testing Award validates our long-standing commitment to provide powerful solutions that help protect organizations against sophisticated cyberattacks.”

One solution that has been certified by ICSA Labs is Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, which combines the ease of centralized deployment, management and control over all devices connected to the corporate network with reliable protection against known, unknown and advanced cyberthreats.