The NSS Labs Apology to CrowdStrike

HardenStance Briefing

• NSS Labs has finally apologized to CrowdStrike for what it admits were “inaccurate test results” on CrowdStrike’s Falcon Platform. The two companies have also resolved the lawsuits between them.

• The apology is further proof that the legacy model of large test houses defining their own test plans and their own approach to transparency is no longer best suited to market requirements.

• NSS Labs still does not appear to have dropped the antitrust lawsuit against the Anti Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO). An attempt to have the suit dismissed last week was unsuccessful.

• Vendors should be migrating toward greater support for the more open security product testing standards being advanced by AMTSO and NetSecOPEN. User organizations need to be far more active in supporting these standards too.

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