AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation

Information about us and our activity

As independent enthusiasts, we uphold privacy and digital security on the Internet.

We provide information about security industry and Internet threats in the form of articles, training reports, conferences, and educational materials. Our greatest strengths are insightful and detailed reviews, preparation of reports related to privacy and protection of endpoints, and in particular security tests, thanks to which we are recognized around the world as one of the most popular testing laboratories.

We are a member of the non-profit work group AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization). As part of functions performed in the international expert community, we work on improving the transparency, objectivity, and quality of security software tests.

We are also a member of the Cyber Transparency Forum where we are an auditor, dealing with the analysis and evaluation of telemetry data and systems provided by developers of cybersecurity solutions. We cooperate with them to provide transparency to build trust among Internet users in cybersecurity software and service providers.

We throw light on cyberthreats!

We are committed to public education about modern online threats! Our daily efforts are directed to:

Consumer groups

  • We want to help secure personal data against unauthorized use, collecting, and processing using digital means.
  • We intend to build citizens awareness of cybersecurity and personal data protection, as well as threats resulting from technological progress.
  • We are sure that we will increase the legal awareness of society and the actions taken by every user in order to prevent cybercrime.
  • We initiate and raise the level of public debate on mechanisms and technologies enabling the use of data and information about citizens, as well as unauthorized access to data.

Business owners

  • We help in the development of IT solutions and other tools that support cybersecurity and personal data protection.
  • We conduct activities that support the development of technology, inventions, and innovation in the field of cybersecurity and data protection, as well as dissemination and implementation of new technical solutions in business practice.
  • We issue opinions, reviews, and carry out tests of products and technical solutions in the field of cybersecurity and personal data protection.
  • We promote and share information about events concerning cybersecurity and data protection.

Public sector

  • We help in the development of IT solutions and other tools that support cybersecurity and personal data protection.
  • We conduct activities that support the development of technology, inventions, and innovation in the field of cybersecurity and data protection, as well as dissemination and implementation of new technical solutions in business practice.
  • We issue opinions, reviews, and carry out tests of products and technical solutions in the field of cybersecurity and personal data protection.
  • We promote and share information about events concerning cybersecurity and data protection.

What do we do?

  • Publishing research, scientific, and educational materials.
  • Creating and sharing educational and didactic materials, including online.
  • Carrying out information campaigns, analyses, research, and statistics.
  • Providing information in the media.
  • Action for promoting freedom and human rights, civil liberties, development of civil society, deepening the legal awareness of citizens.

AVLab Certificates

Our tests are referred by the largest companies in the industry!

Certificates are granted to solutions that are characterized by a high level of security in the Advanced In The Wild Malware Test.

Once all testing rounds have been completed in a calendar year,
we award a special Product of the Year certificate.

We award those developers who perfectly respond to cyberattacks reproducing the theft of payment data, or even the manipulation of information by banking Trojans.

The solutions awarded in the tests of EDR-XDR products are characterized by proven monitoring of the protected infrastructure along with full visibility of telemetry data from attacks.

The solutions we review can receive the Recommended certificate if they are have unique features.

People behind AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation

Profiles of people responsible for specific tasks related to maintaining websites, servers, honeypots, security tests, and developing the content
for English audience.

 

Adrian Ścibor

The editor in chief of AVLab.pl. He is graduate of engineering in the network infrastructure and he is responsible for the whole procedure of tests. Specialist for tests of software to protect workstations and hardware to protect network. He has Cisco CCNA certificates and extensive experience in security industry. He represents the company in relations with institutions and customers.

Bartłomiej Hawrot

A technical engineer in AVLab.pl. He is graduate of engineering and he is responsible for technical maintenance of servers and application security. He has many years of experience in managing networks and administrating servers. He coordinates and sets technical directions. He has MTA and CCNA certificates.

Mateusz Kurlit

English translator and expert in the field of information technology with over 12 years of experience. He is the author of Polish versions of interface of dozen applications for the Windows, Android, and iOS systems. He is responsible for translating articles, tests, reports, and reviews on the AVLab portal, but also english version of AVLab website.

Michał Giza

Author of articles on AVLab Cybersecurity website. Linux and Windows Server system administrator. He configures WWW servers, databases, and other network services. He performs and automates the implementation of web applications.

The private sector and state institutions write about us!

A good opinion we are constantly working on, allows us to reliably show the real side of security!

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