The evolving threat environment has caused a shift in market reaction. Today's threats require the ability to effectively deal with threats that utilize evasion, stealth, and aggressive behavior. Previously, vendors' responses to large-scale threats were measured almost solely in terms of speed—and during these tests nearly all vendors would provide protection within hours if not minutes of one another. Comparing vendors' effectiveness against this new breed of stealthy, resilient threats is a different game as they strain against the technology and expertise of security solution providers.

These threats require a different approach to providing the right protection from criminally motivated attacks. Instead of measuring responses in hours and minutes (and without a nod to quality or completeness) it can take anywhere from days to weeks or even years before some security solutions are able to handle the "tough" threats; thereby potentially leaving an organization vulnerable to aggressive attacks. Learn more about Symantec's approach to dealing with zero day attacks, polymorphics, rootkits and other advanced evasion techniques – that results in superior protection for your company.

Symantec achieved the highest score in both detecting and removing rootkits

Thompson Cyber Security Labs randomly selected 20 rootkits and used their own samples for this test. Each product was allowed all the latest and possible updates to be applied as of September 1, 2006. The testing assessed each competitor's ability in both detection and remediation. Symantec achieved the highest score in both detecting and removing rootkits.