WithSecure™ Elements achieves 100% protection score and wins AV-TEST Best Protection Award for 2024
Press Release | March 26, 2025
WithSecure™ Elements blocked every threat, achieving a perfect malware detection rate.
Helsinki, Finland – March 26, 2025: WithSecure™ (formerly F-Secure Business) has been awarded the prestigious Best Protection Award by AV-TEST, recognizing its outstanding ability to defend organizations against cyber threats. This achievement underscores the exceptional protection capabilities of WithSecure™ Elements, the flagship cyber security solution designed to safeguard mid-market and European businesses.
Throughout 2024, AV-TEST rigorously assessed WithSecure Elements against more than 90,000 malware samples across its Enterprise Protection Test. WithSecure Elements achieved a perfect malware detection rate, blocking every single threat and effectively preventing any damage to protected machines.
“This result demonstrates the relentless dedication of WithSecure Intelligence, as well as our R&D and cyber security teams, whose expertise ensures our customers stay protected against both known and emerging threats,” says Paolo Palumbo, VP, W/Intelligence at WithSecure. “Our perfect score across the year is testament to WithSecure’s commitment to security excellence. Furthermore, this award reinforces the trust our customers place in us and validates our mission to disrupt cyber threats before they cause harm,” Palumbo concludes.
Excellence in real-world protection
WithSecure Elements excelled in real-world testing, proving its effectiveness against previously unknown malware delivered via common attack methods such as email attachments and web downloads. This capability ensures organizations are protected from emerging cyber threats as they arise.
The prevalent malware test assessed WithSecure Element’s effectiveness in detecting widespread and prevalent malware. Samples were gathered within four weeks before testing to evaluate how quickly security solutions update their defenses.
The Best Protection Award adds another milestone, reinforcing WithSecure Elements as the ideal security platform for businesses seeking protection against evolving threats.
More information about the test can be found here: https://www.withsecure.com/en/expertise/campaigns/withsecure-wins-av-test-best-protection-award-2024.
For more information about WithSecure Elements and how it can secure your business, visit https://www.withsecure.com/en/solutions/software-and-services/withsecure-elements-cloud.
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About WithSecure™
WithSecure™, formerly F-Secure Business, is Europe's cyber security partner of choice. Trusted by IT service providers, MSSPs, and businesses worldwide, we deliver outcome-based cyber security solutions that protect mid-market companies. Committed to the European Way of data protection, WithSecure prioritizes privacy, data sovereignty, and regulatory compliance.
Boasting more than 35 years of industry experience, WithSecure™ has designed its portfolio to navigate the paradigm shift from reactive to proactive cyber security. In alignment with its commitment to collaborative growth, WithSecure™ offers partners flexible commercial models, ensuring mutual success across the dynamic cyber security landscape.
Central to WithSecure's™ cutting-edge offering is Elements Cloud, which seamlessly integrates AI-powered technologies, human expertise, and co-security services. Further, it empowers mid-market customers with modular capabilities spanning endpoint and cloud protection, threat detection and response, and exposure management.
WithSecure™ Corporation was founded in 1988, and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.