The unique whitelisting technology by leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions Kaspersky Lab has passed its first, independent testing by a third party research institution, affirming its capabilities in improving security.

The successful test of Kaspersky Lab’s whitelisting technology also earned it the West Coast Labs Platinum Product Award after receiving an overall result of 94% for corporate software and 93% for consumer software.

Parameters in the testing process included 1) coverage of clean software (the number of legitimate programs Kaspersky Lab knows about); 2) the completeness of the database (the quantity and quality of data on all files); 3) the speed of a response to an inquiry; 4) the correctness of information supplied from the database; 5) database update speed; 6) data processing speed; and 7) the number of false positives/negatives.

Other functions and services that come as part of the whole whitelisting package were also tested. These include adequacy of the information contained in the database to enable a full-fledged “default deny” regime was also analyzed. “Default deny” scenario is when the software security is preventing any program from being run that is not clearly legitimate or appropriate and is thus allowed. It is more secure form of protection than the more widely-used “default allow” scenario when all programs are allowed apart from known malicious and inappropriate.

Kaspersky Lab’s whitelisting technology utilizes an online community of Kaspersky users who can provide appropriate information regarding the legitimacy of installed software. Kaspersky’s online ecosystem builds the list of all these legitimate applications and spreads them to other users who would know if their installed software is secure.

Whitelisting also minimizes “false positives” where legitimate software are banned because of some strange behavior, such as software updates. The goal is to give legitimate software clean bill of health to lessen the need for them to be scanned thoroughly.

Corporate entities, in particular, would benefit from having a whitelisting technology to minimize system requirements needed to secure their IT infrastructure.

After the results came out, Vladimir Zapolyansky, Head of Independent Software Vendor Relationships at Kaspersky Lab, says that the West Coast Labs’ seal of approval validated the company’s goals of creating the best security software in the market. Kaspersky Lab’s whitelisting technology also creates a new model of protection against ever-increasing threats.

“We are confident in our approach to whitelisting, and were not afraid to have our technology tested, unlike some of our competitors. Now, both existing and potential users of our solutions who may be curious about the true worth of whitelisting and Application Control technologies have access to this detailed analysis of the operation of Kaspersky Lab’s database of legitimate software – analysis that objectively proves its effectiveness,” according to Zapolyansky.

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