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🚨 Join Us for the Next AMTSO Testing Town Hall! 🚨 Mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 6th at 8am Pacific Time to dive into the latest in cybersecurity testing with industry experts and innovators. Here’s a peek at the agenda: 📰 Testing News Roundup (AMTSO) 🎙️ Guest Presentation: “AI Malware Simulation” by Nima Bagheri, Venak Security 🎓 Member Presentation: “Disparities between Cybersecurity and the Education System” by Jeremiah Morgan, SE Labs More speakers will be announced soon, so stay tuned! For the latest updates and to see the final agenda, visit AMTSO’s event page: https://lnkd.in/ezWKx_xx #AMTSO #Cybersecurity #TestingTownHall #AI #Malware #Education

🚨 AMTSO Sandbox Evaluation Framework – Public Review Now Open! 🚨 We’re excited to announce that the preprint draft of our Sandbox Evaluation Framework is now available for public review! Developed by AMTSO’s Sandbox Working Group, led by sandboxing expert Jan Miller from OPSWAT, the framework offers a structured approach for evaluating sandbox technologies across various use cases. We're inviting sandbox creators, vendors, and anyone with expertise in this area to provide feedback before the final version is put forward for approval by the end of the year. 🗓 Comment period open until October 31, 2024 📧 Send feedback to: [email protected] 👉 Review the framework and share your thoughts!  https://lnkd.in/ewEDVUvU #cybersecurity #sandbox #AMTSO #testing #framework #publicreview #sandboxing

Earlier this month, we gathered with our members in Dublin for the AMTSO Member Meeting, where we had insightful discussions on the latest trends in cybersecurity testing. We reviewed the progress of our XDR, Sandbox, and VPN testing working groups, introduced our new CEO, Vlad Iliushin, and celebrated our outgoing CEO, Dennis Batchelder. ➡️ Take a look at some highlights from the meeting here!

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We're excited that at our member meeting in Dublin, we've announced the winners of our 2024 awards. The “Outstanding Contribution to AMTSO 2024” award has been given to AMTSO’s former CEO, Dennis Batchelder. The “Outstanding Contribution” award was established to honor individuals who have made exceptional efforts in advancing the AMTSO community. Dennis served as President and CEO of AMTSO from 2016 to 2024, guiding the organization through significant structural transformations as it evolved from a volunteer-driven group to a professionally-run, industry-wide community. Varist has been recognized with the “RTTL Contributor of the Year 2024” award. The RTTL award, presented annually, recognizes the member organization that consistently shares threat intelligence data at scale and plays a key role in the operational planning of AMTSO's Real Time Threat List (RTTL). Varist contributes to RTTL with a consistent, high-volume feed, making them one of the largest and most consistent contributors currently active, and has been providing invaluable feedback on the quality of samples from other sources. Huge congratulations to Dennis and to Varist! ➡️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_M2Abhp

At our AMTSO member meeting in Dublin which kicked off yesterday, we had exciting news to share with our members: The AMTSO board has appointed Vlad Iliushin as its new President and CEO, as Dennis Batchelder is stepping down after eight successful years leading our organization. We're both thankful for Dennis' many years of outstanding leadership since 2016 and that he will continue working closely with us, and thrilled to welcome Vlad in his new role! ➡️ Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eb99ce3r

Adrian Ścibor is the founder of the AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation, who joined AMTSO last year, and has incorporated our Standard and some of our best practices in their tests. We interviewed him and learned about the importance AMTSO has for AVLab, the type of tests they carry out, and their biggest challenges in cybersecurity testing. ➡ Read the interview here: https://lnkd.in/e_nbgECV

Earlier this year, Nord Security joined AMTSO, and has quickly become a major driver and contributor to our VPN Working Group. We spoke with Domininkas Virbickas, Head of Development, Threat Protection, NordVPN, about his views on the current VPN testing landscape, the changes he’d like to see in VPN testing, and his vision for the future of VPN technology. ➡ Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/e29Ga2-A

K7 Computing has been a long-standing member of AMTSO. In an interview with Samir K. Mody, VP of Threat Research at K7, we learned about why K7 joined AMTSO, why product tests are important for K7, and how he sees the evolution of testing since AMTSO's inception. ➡ Read our interview here: https://lnkd.in/gPcJ7Wvu

In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, maintaining high standards for anti-malware #testing is crucial. The AMTSO Standard serves as guidance ensuring transparency, fairness, and collaboration in the testing process. ➡ Read our reminder of what the AMTSO Standard entails and how it works to uphold these principles.