Tag: AMTSO
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Security experts pool ideas at European conferences
Research and expertise shared at CARO and AMTSO meetings. Last week saw two major gatherings of top security and anti-malware experts from across the globe, as the third annual CARO conference was held in Budapest, Hungary, followed by a well-attended meeting of the AMTSO testing standards group, which saw the ratification of several significant documents.…
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AMTSO meets again to discuss better testing
Further documents developed at Cupertino meeting. This week has seen another meeting of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, AMTSO, hosted by security giant Symantec in its HQ town of Cupertino, California. The meeting was attended as usual by representatives of most of the major industry players and numerous testing bodies, as well as representatives from…
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AMTSO releases draft guidelines for public comment
First major publication emerges from testing standards body. The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, the global body set up to improve and support the testing of security software, has made available a draft of its first document, a set of general guidelines intended to encourage greater accuracy, reliability and trustworthiness in testing. The document provides guidance…
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Security experts gather in Europe
Anti-malware insights pooled at AMTSO, CARO and EICAR meetings. Many of the world’s leading anti-malware and security experts came together in the past week, at a string of meetings and conferences being held in Europe. Global bodies the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organisation (AMTSO) and the Computer Anti-Virus Researchers’ Organization (CARO), and the pan-European experts group…
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New security software testing standards body formed
AMTSO to promote cross-industry debate and higher standards in testing. A collaborative group from across the security industry has officially been founded this week, aiming to provide a forum for discussion on matters related to testing security software. The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organisation (AMTSO) will also create best-practices guidelines for testing, educate both testers and…