Intelligent CISO Issue 12 | Page 9

news 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. F 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. E 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 www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 12 9