Welcome to our regular roundup of events and activities in and around AMTSO.
Meetings and Events
Preparations are moving ahead for our member meeting in Dublin in September/October. Registration has opened for members and an initial agenda is being put together, we will have several presentation slots available on the second day for talks from both members and guests and will also be discussing some of our industry-wide projects with invited subject matter experts, any non-members interested in joining the meeting or sharing a presentation with our attendees should contact [email protected] for more information. A venue has been arranged for our traditional member dinner and we hope to have space for partners and guests.
We also have another public Testing Town Hall event scheduled for early November, and are now open for talk submissions from members and others interested in sharing testing-related topics with the AMTSO community.
XDR Working Group
Our XDR project team held a call this week, reviewing responses to our vendor component survey and planning next steps. With data from many providers yet to come in, we have now commenced manual gathering of information on what each solution/platform can provide from publicly-available data, while continuing to reach out to providers for more complete and accurate internal data. The form to submit product information is still open here: https://members.amtso.org/amtso-xdr-component-tracking/
Sandbox Evaluation Working Group
Our sandbox paper is still open for member feedback, and we will shortly begin soliciting input from non-member experts in the area. Once all comments have been gathered and addressed we expect to present a final version of the paper at our Dublin meetings, and to vote on adoption as an official AMTSO paper shortly afterwards.
VPN Working Group
Our new VPN group has been set up with an initial set of participants, including test lab representatives, and we will hold an initial launch call next week to define the project’s goals and schedule regular meetings. We hope to have some initial outcomes ready to present at our Dublin meeting in a few months. The group is still open to new participants, members can find details on the member site or contact [email protected] to sign up.
RTTL Working Group
The RTTL held a call last week to review the status of the system and track the flow of samples and metadata, with several new feeds expected to come online in the next few weeks.
Board and Management
We held our first meeting of the new Board this week, covering a wide range of topics including plans for new projects and preparations for our upcoming meetings. The next Board call will be in early September.
AMTSO Standard and Test Calendar
New tests added to our Test Calendar in recent weeks include another round of the AppEsteem unwanted software certification, the latest Android test from AV-Test, and a business test from AV-Comparatives. Coming up soon we expect to see Q2 data from MRG Effitas and SE Labs, plus the latest round of VB100 certification. Here’s a summary of recent activities from our Standard compliance team:
- AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Report covering the AV-TEST May/June 2024 Android Consumer Test (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP103) was issued on Wednesday, July 17th, 2024. The Phase 2 Commentary period on this test cycle closed on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024.
- A Public Test Notification covering the SE Labs for their Q3 2024 Endpoint Protection Test (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP122) was issued on Sunday, July 7th, 2024.
- AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Report covering the AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation’s May 2024 Advanced “In the Wild” Malware Detection Test (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP116) was issued on Thursday, June 27th, 2024.
- An incremental AMTSO Compliance Confirmation Report covering the results through May 2024 in the AppEsteem UwS Test Series (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP108) was issued on Thursday, June 27th, 2024.
- Phase 2 Commentary Collection covering the March-July rounds of the VB100 certification scheme (AMTSO Test ID: AMTSO-LS1-TP095) commenced on Thursday, July 18th 2024 and will remain open until Friday, July 26th, 2024.
Information on all published and upcoming tests being tracked by AMTSO can be found in our test calendar.
Finances and Membership
Work on financial reviews at the change of company year and budgeting for the new year is nearing completion, and we expect to launch a new drive to sign up new members shortly. Companies active in the security space and interested in fair, transparent independent testing are welcome to join our community, information on membership can be found here: https://www.amtso.org/joining-amtso/
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