AV-Comparatives Security Summit and Award Ceremony 2026

The AV-Comparatives Cybersecurity Summit 2026 concluded as a resounding success, bringing together leading cybersecurity vendors, analysts, researchers, and enterprise experts for two days of high-level dialogue and celebration. The event once again demonstrated the strength of industry collaboration in addressing today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape.

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AV-Comparatives Operational Technology Protection Certification 2026

In January 2026, AV-Comparatives conducted its annual Operational Technology Protection Certification test. The certification evaluates whether security products can effectively prevent execution-based attacks in fully offline, air-gapped environments typical of Operational Technology (OT) deployments.

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AV-Comparatives Security Survey 2026 published

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AV-Comparatives has released the results of its yearly IT Security Survey for 2026. The results show current trends and preferences among survey participants, as well as concerns regarding cybersecurity. These opinions and insights from the end-user community also provide us with valuable feedback, helping us further improve out testing and shaping the future of cybersecurity solutions and testing methodologies. We sincerely thank all the respondents who took the time to contribute.

Access the full security survey report here or download it as a PDF document.

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