This week, Symantec started shipping Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 - an endpoint security solution optimized for use in virtual environments.  Trend Micro and McAfee are also shipping security products for virtual environments. 3 different companies, 4 different solutions (Trend is shipping both Deep Security Agentless Protection and OfficeScan with a plug-in) – what’s the difference?

We were curious about the performance and effectiveness of competitive solutions – so we tested them.  The results were surprising.

Reports Discussed:

Dennis Labs - Virtual desktop malware defence, April 2011

Tolly Enterprises - Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 vs. McAfee and Trend Micro, Anti-virus Performance in VMware ESX Virtual Environments, June 2011...