Avast Software Security Rating
avast.com- Industry Technology
- Footprint 281.0K IPs
- Followers Monitored by 132 companies
- Headquarters Prague, CZ
- Year founded 1988
- Employees 1.8K
Avast is a provider of digital security products. It presents its business under three main units: Consumer Direct, Consumer Indirect, and SMB. The company offers security software under the Avast and AVG brands in the form of both free and paid-for products. Its consumer antivirus solutions use AI and machine learning to conduct behavioral analysis and improve detection abilities, and its security engine is powered by a continuous data loop of inputs from users, who act as a geographically dispersed global threat detection system. Besides, the company offers endpoint and network security solutions that include Avast Business CloudCare, a cloud-based security suite designed for SMBs and third-party managed service providers who can use this tool to manage security on behalf of their clients.
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SecurityScorecard collects billions of signals each week, helping organizations see risks, get more actionable information, and respond faster to keep up with threat actors. Security teams are able to react quickly to digital criminals, respond to Zero-Day incidents faster, and reduce the risk exposure timeline.
These are some of the factors we use to calculate the overall score:
Network Security
Discover open access points, insecure or misconfigured SSL certificates, or database vulnerabilities.
Patching Cadence
Understand how diligently a company is patching its operating systems, services, applications, software, and hardware in a timely manner.
IP Reputation
See the quantity and duration of malware infections, along with other factors influence the overall assessment of an organization’s IP Reputation.
Endpoint Security
Understand the effectiveness of protections in place for laptops, desktops, mobile devices, and all employee devices that access that company’s network.
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