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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-sues-nss-labs-prevent-publication-test-results">http://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-sues-nss-labs-prevent-publication-test-results</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From Article:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif">“<i>There are two primary issues here: is it possible to conduct fair comparative tests for advanced endpoint protection products (aka, machine-learning or next-gen AV); and is the law a valid
method of preventing them?</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif">The article has various opinions about this, with additional links to opinions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif">I offer my $0.02
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif">It would appear that based on the NSS Lab admission that
<i>"The Falcon Host's final rating may have been different had it completed the test."</i> that Crowdstrike may have a legitimate beef.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif">When deploying Palo Alto devices with Wildfire enabled, I would inevitably get asked the question as to whether or not traditional AV was needed. This came up even more as Palo Alto introduced
host-based protection via “traps.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri body",serif">What I have found is that many of these so-called “next-gen” protection mechanisms are quite good at protecting against unknown aka “0day” threats. However, they tend to fall short in protecting
against old threats, like the nth version of MyDoom. Signature-based solutions still have their place, and until the next-gen vendors like Crowdstrike can protect against both, signature-based AV may still be needed.
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