A new resource has been added to the AMTSO resources page at http://www.amtso.org/related-resources.html by kind permission of EICAR.
Paradigm Shift – From Static To Realtime, A Progress Report
By Matt Garrad, Paul Jones, Lysa Myers, and Michael Parsons
West Coast Labs
Abstract
There has been much discussion, in the past couple of years particularly, regarding the best way to go about testing anti-malware products. Being a testing organization, this is a subject to which West Coast Labs has given considerable thought. There have been many changes to the existing testing setups in the efforts to shift the testing paradigms. This paper looks to discuss the many things that have been investigated and give a view into some of the results this has turned up.
In order to bring testing back in line with user experience, it is necessary to change the timing and nature of the tests themselves. Not only does this mean a change in overall methodology of processing the samples, but a change in how results are analysed as well. This has also required a new model of gathering and verification of samples to ensure a fresh and timely sample set, which has presented its own set of issues. Once all that is done, it is then important to find a meaningful way to present the data to users. As this is a process which does and should continue to change indefinitely, this paper presents the most up-to-date report of West Coast Labs’ progress.
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Tags: AMTSO Board of Directors, AMTSO Resources, data presentation, EICAR 2010, Lysa Myers, Matt Garrad, Michael Parsons, Paul Jones, realtime testing, sample gathering, sample processing, sample verification, static testing, test timing, testing methodology, testing papers, West Coast Labs
