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AV-Test.org - Test: Android Security Apps for Corporate Users
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The lab at AV-TEST launched a new test series involving Android security apps for corporate users. In the initial test, AV-TEST introduces the scope and procedure for the future test series, based on three test candidates.

Protection apps for corporate users were frequently selectively included among tests for Android security apps. However, the perfect testing environment for evaluating apps for consumer users is not particularly well suited for protection apps in the corporate computing field. That is why in recognition of this problem, AV-TEST has separated the tests of Android security apps for consumers and corporate users. The test structure has in fact remained somewhat the same; here is an overview.

Tests for protection, performance, and usability

As with all other tests, the lab looks at three areas: protection, performance, and usability. In terms of protection, each security app is required to identify malware apps. With respect to performance, the processor and battery load caused by the apps is determined. The category of usability evaluates how business security apps react to normal, innocuous apps. For each category, the laboratory awards up to 6 points. Thus, a security app can achieve up to a total of 18 points.

Protection put to the test

When it comes to examining protection for corporate apps, the lab relies on the same system as with apps for consumers. In the real-time test, over 3,100 brand-new malware apps have all been filtered out of the Internet. In the second test segment, the reference set, the lab examines protection apps for corporate users by subjecting them to over 3,000 extremely dangerous apps up to 4 weeks old. In this segment, there are minor differences compared to the tests for private users: in the test sets, there are few or no infected game apps, as these are seldom installed on corporate smartphones.

Instead, the sets include more programs that typically end up on corporate smartphones. Conversely, the test with protection tools for consumers naturally tests more infected apps from the category of games.

The evaluated apps from ESET, Sophos and Symantec show excellent results. The ESET Endpoint Security app completed each of the two tests with 100 percent detection. Symantec's SEP Mobile achieved 100 percent detection on the reference set. In the real-time test, the app reaches an excellent 99.9 percent. Sophos Intercept X for Mobile finished both test categories with detection rates of 99.9 percent.

An eye on performance

Naturally, the impact on performance of an endpoint security app is a key factor. When employees are on the road, e.g. field staff and sales representatives, the battery of their smartphone or tablet needs to hold up. If the protection app is constantly working, requires a heavy CPU load, or is constantly re-loading data, this shortens the battery life. The lab also looks at these factors in the test involving each security app for corporate users. Here, the three apps from ESET, Sophos and Symantec receive consistently high marks, earning the top score of 6 points.
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