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F-Secure nets two AV-TEST Best Protection Awards in one go
weapons that are at cybercriminals’
disposal. These include attacks via
infected emails, downloads from
websites, drive-by attacks and zero-
day malware.
The wins mean that businesses
can trust that all their devices are
protected against all threats such as
ransomware and data breaches.
-Secure has won its
sixth and seventh AV-TEST
Institute’s Best Protection
Award. The accolades re-affirm that
businesses and consumers can
continue to place their trust
in F-Secure.
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F-Secure Protection Service for
Business (PSB) and F-Secure SAFE
passed AV-TEST’s rigorous scrutiny
to gain the awards.
AV-TEST examines Windows platform
solutions monthly and gives the Best
Protection Award to the solutions
that consistently perform the best
throughout the year. AV-TEST experts
evaluate how well security products
protect against real threats, instead
of being theoretically evaluated in
simulated test conditions.
The German company’s meticulously-
designed tests involve using many of the
Consumers get complete peace-of-
mind with protection against viruses,
trojans, ransomware, knowing that
their online banking connection is
secured and that their entire family
can surf the Internet safely.
Mika Ståhlberg, Chief Technology
Officer (CTO) at F-Secure, said:
“AV-TEST’s rigorous testing process
shows how we compare when it
comes to protecting people and
businesses. It’s great to gain
recognition for all of our hard work,
and we’re the best once again.”
EUROPOL SIGNS MOU WITH PERSEUSS
TO COMBAT ONLINE FRAUD
uropol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Perseuss, a global platform in sharing fraud
intelligence. The MoU was signed by Maarten Alleman, CEO
of Perseuss and the Head of EC3, Steven Wilson, at Europol’s
headquarters in The Hague.
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cooperation. Only together can we tackle this highly lucrative
and equally dangerous type of crime.”
Maarten Alleman, CEO of Perseuss, said: “Working with
Europol has been a great synergy – combining our data and
technology has accelerated our work enormously.”
Perseuss takes part in the annual Global Airline Action Days
(GAAD), a major international law enforcement operation
targeting airline fraudsters.
During this action, Perseuss detects fraud patterns and
provides relevant data to facilitate Europol-coordinated cross-
border investigations.
On the signing of the MoU, the Head of Europol’s EC3, Steven
Wilson, said: “Public-private partnership initiatives such as
the Global Airline Action Days are of crucial importance in
helping us fight organised criminality. Perseuss has been one
of our closest partners in this area and this Memorandum of
Understanding is a great opportunity to further strengthen our
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