AV-Comparatives - Business Security Test March-April 2026

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Business Security Test March-April 2026 – Factsheet

Introduction

This is a short fact sheet for our Business Main-Test Series, containing the results of the Business Malware Protection Test (March) and Business Real-World Protection Test (March-April). The full report, including the Performance Test and product reviews, will be released in July.

To be certified in July 2026 as an “Approved Business Product” by AV-Comparatives, the tested products must score at least 90% in the Malware Protection Test, with zero false alarms on common business software, and an FP rate on non-business files below the Remarkably High threshold. Additionally, products must score at least 90% in the overall Real-World Protection Test (i.e. over the course of four months), with less than fifty false alarms on any clean software/websites, and zero false alarms on common business software. Tested products must also avoid major performance issues (impact score must be below 40) and have fixed all reported bugs in order to gain certification.

Please note that the results of the Business Main-Test Series cannot be compared with the results of the Consumer Main-Test Series, as the tests are done at different times, with different sets, different settings, etc.

Tested ProductsThe following products were tested under Windows 11 64-bit and are included in this factsheet:
 

• Avast Ultimate Business Security
  26.1 | 26.1
  
• Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium
  8.26 | 8.26
  
• Cisco Secure Client
  8.5 | 8.6
  
• CrowdStrike Falcon Enterprise
  7.33 | 7.35
  
• Elastic Security
  9.3 | 9.3
  
• ESET PROTECT Entry with ESET PROTECT Cloud
  12.1 | 12.1
  
• G Data Endpoint Protection Business
  15.8 | 15.8
  
• K7 On-Premises Enterprise Security Advanced
  14.2 | 14.2
  
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business (Select, with KSC)
  12.12 | 12.12
  
• ManageEngine Endpoint Central with Malware Protection
  11.5 | 11.5
  
• Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
  4.18 | 4.18
  
• Norton Small Business
  26.2 | 26.3
  
• SenseOn Platform with EPP
  6.11 | 6.11
  
• Sophos Intercept X Advanced
  2025.2 | 2025.2
  
• Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)
  10.7 | 10.7
  
• VIPRE Endpoint Security
  13.2 | 13.2
  

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business – Select, with KSC, the product might also be known as “Kaspersky Next EDR Foundations”.

The “ENS” version of Trellix in this test uses the erstwhile McAfee engine (now owned by Trellix), opposed to the “HX” version which uses the FireEye engine (McAfee Enterprise and FireEye were merged into Trellix in 2022).

Information about additional third-party engines/signatures used by some of the products: Cisco, G Data, SenseOn and VIPRE use the Bitdefender engine (in addition to their own protection features). Norton uses the Avast engine.

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