AV-Comparatives is happy to announce the awards for the vendors of cyber security software in 2026. These awards highlight the achievements of the participants in protecting users from the ever evolving cyber threat landscape.
AV-Comparatives Awards 2025
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.
AV-Comparatives Security Survey 2026 published
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.
Consumer Summary Report 2025
The Austrian antivirus testing lab AV-Comparatives has released its annual Summary Report highlighting the results for consumer security test for the year 2025 (PDF available here). This report contains awards recognizing individual programs in various categories. Additionally a user-interface review for each tested products is included.
Business Security Test August-November 2025
The second half-year report for AV-Comparatives’ 2025 Enterprise Main-Test Series, which includes Real-World Protection, Malware Protection, and Performance Tests, is now available. You can find detailed product reviews and the full report here: https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/business-security-test-2025-august-november/