eScan wins AV-TEST award for enterprise protection

eScan has won the AV-TEST Award 2025 for Best Advanced Protection in the Corporate Users category for its Enterprise EDR product, placing it among a small group of security vendors recognised by the German testing institute.

AV-TEST said the prize reflected the product's performance against ransomware and infostealer attacks in its Advanced Threat Protection tests, which simulate real attack scenarios. The institute presented 25 awards to 12 manufacturers in this year's programme, and eScan was one of only two corporate security products to receive the Best Advanced Protection distinction.

Test standard

The award was based on AV-TEST's most demanding enterprise assessment category. In these tests, products face 10 real-life scenarios designed to assess whether they can not only detect malicious activity but also stop attackers from achieving their objectives after an initial breach.

AV-TEST distinguished between products that performed strongly in individual rounds and those that maintained results throughout the full testing cycle. According to eScan, rivals including CrowdStrike, Sophos and Trend Micro achieved perfect 35-point scores in individual Advanced Threat Protection tests, while eScan's recognition reflected consistency across the full year.

That distinction matters because companies remain under sustained pressure from ransomware groups and credential-stealing operations. The release cited a 55% rise in ransomware incidents in India during 2024, affecting critical infrastructure, manufacturers and government bodies.

It added that ransomware gangs demanded an average of Rs. 4.5 crores from educational institutions in 2025, while total stolen data across sectors exceeded 241 terabytes. Those figures underline why independent testing of anti-ransomware tools is drawing closer scrutiny from corporate buyers and public sector security teams.

AV-TEST underscored the importance of the category in remarks accompanying the award. "The awards in the category of Best Advanced Protection for corporate users are particularly coveted, as they recognize security products for the difficult battle against ransomware and infostealers," said Erik Heyland, Head of Testing Labs, AV-TEST. "After all, these classes of malware have been considered the biggest threats in IT security for years. We are therefore delighted to be able to present MicroWorld and its product eScan Enterprise EDR with the Best Advanced Protection 2025 Award for Corporate Users."

Product design

eScan said its Enterprise EDR differs from products built mainly around endpoint sensors and cloud analysis by combining endpoint protection, network security, device control and behavioural analysis in one platform. It argued that this structure helped it maintain perfect Advanced Threat Protection scores throughout the year.

The product is designed to detect complex attack chains, block lateral movement within networks, prevent data theft and preserve system integrity during prolonged attacks. To qualify for the award, products must also perform well in protection, performance and usability tests.

eScan linked the result to a series of prominent security incidents. It cited the compromise of the tj-actions GitHub action, which exposed secrets across thousands of repositories, and the leak of a Mercedes-Benz GitHub token that opened access to source code repositories. It also referred to Operation Sindoor, which it described as a coordinated campaign targeting India's power grid infrastructure.

Those examples highlight a broader challenge for security vendors: many attacks now rely on stealth, stolen credentials and movement across systems rather than a single malicious file that can be easily quarantined. As a result, corporate customers are looking beyond traditional anti-malware scores to tests that measure whether products can disrupt multi-stage intrusions.

Market context

For eScan, the award provides third-party validation at a time when Indian cyber security firms are seeking greater global recognition. The company said the result underlined India's growing role in developing security products that can compete internationally.

eScan said it serves enterprises, government agencies and other organisations in more than 90 countries, and that the product is deployed in critical infrastructure and in large public and private sector organisations.

Govind Rammurthy, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, eScan, said the result reflected the product's focus on long-running attack campaigns rather than simple detection. "For 25 years, we've built eScan to solve actual problems facing Indian and global organizations," he said. "This AV-TEST recognition validates what our customers already know: when ransomware operators spend days inside your network hunting backups before deploying encryption, when infostealers silently harvest credentials for weeks, you need defense mechanisms that work at every stage of the attack - not just initial detection. That's exactly what eScan Enterprise EDR delivers."