Virus detection rate 99%, German anti-virus software share No. 1 company "GDATA" was a crazy company in CeBIT 2009

In the United States and Europe, the damage caused by phishing scam or malware hacking occurs like every day. Even so, reflecting such a sort of thing, security-related companies occupied most of Hall 11 in CeBIT 2009. Among numerous security software makers, the most exciting thing in various ways is headquartered in Bochum, GermanyGDATA. Currently in Germany, we boast the top market share of antivirus software sales.

So, I went through close contact with GDATA during the period of CeBIT 2009.

I understand the atmosphere completely different from Japanese company.
The GDATA exhibition booth where the red "G" logo stands out. By the way Kaspersky on the right side, ESET on the left side, and a famous security software maker in this corner were consolidated.


A peaceful moment before the opening time. The staff will make light meetings and check the schedule of the day while drinking coffee and soft drinks.


Finally opening. Whether you like festivals, GDATA boasts an event compared to other booths. Popular PC related radio program, "Computer: Club 2"
I have a permanent studio at the GDATA booth. We were sending programs such as public programs on PC security.


Anyway it was shocking live hacking by hacking and computer security experts. It is a demonstration with a commentary by experts at the Gelsenkirchen University IT Security Research Institute on hacking tools such as keyloggers and a malicious program loaded in USB memory and how actual hackers steal personal information.


Visitors who assume that Assami and personal information were stolen.


Researcher who did hacking. I am a little good at it.


At the event we also had a presentation of GDATA products. GDATA's "Anti-Virus" announced that the virus detection rate is 99%. Including subspecies in one year makes it possible to detect nearly 100% of viruses by more than 1 million kinds of computer viruses, which is an astounding figure.


By the way, do you know the institution "AV-Test.org"? AV-Test.org is a research institution that conducts research and analysis of security software and has partnered with OTTO-VON-GUERIKE University in Germany to conduct inspection and consultation of more than 2000 anti-virus software every year. Monthly report is also issued and German PC magazines usually evaluate security software based on reports of third-party research organizations such as AV - Test.org and AV - Cmparetive.


Even at GDATA we were comparing with other company's products based on this inspection organization's data. Below data is a graph of virus detection rate from January 2008 to January 2009. GDATA (white) is the only one among the top three companies, maintaining the detection rate 99% range.


Next time is the time it took the updater to respond to a new virus. GDATA's anti-virus software is available in 19 minutes since it occurred.


Here is the data that tabulated the time it takes to scan a 60 Gbyte HDD for viruses. Since the unit is minutes, it means that scanning is completed in just a minute.


Finally the price difference from competing products. If performance is so high and price is cheap, it is unexpected that we maintain the top share in Germany, which has a rational way of thinking. By the way, there may be people who have the question "what anti-virus software is the competing product to be compared?" Although it can not be said clearly from various circumstances, the hint is "color" of the graph line.


I asked Ralph Benzmuller, GDATA security research institute director, why he is maintaining a 99% detection rate. Firstly he cited "Two types of high-performance virus detection engines are being installed and reviewing from time to time". "The probability of preventing infections has been dramatically increased by using a technique called" heuristic engine "that detects suspicious programs even if they can not be determined as viruses," he said. Other than that, "We have a security workshop where we reflect the opinions and requests that have been raised by users in product improvement, and GDATA is a flexible company, so that we can respond quickly to the problem also leads to quality improvement It was a story of "It is".


6 PM. Even if CeBIT is over, the GDATA booth is about to come. After 6 is the time for the staff to have fun. There is no boundary between your boss and your subordinate at the party time. Or, when asking the employees of GDATA, "There are up and down positions in the organization, but basically it always looks something like this, it is a very flat company."


The gentleman on the right side wearing sunglasses is the founder of GDATA. Choi evil Oyaji style.


Jam session started just when sickness got around. Incidentally, it is one of the executives who plays the guitar. Drum is a manager of the design department that makes package design etc.


It was exciting especially on Saturday night on the 9th. It is a big fuss about gathering people who are not related to GDATA.


Odon of blond hair Afro who is moderator is also a GDATA executive.


CEO Dirk Hot Host Rate is pleased with the party's excitement. If such a person is president it may be fun going to the company.


Although it was close to GDATA for 6 days during the CeBIT period, in a nutshell this company is crazy. If the top badge is also crazy, the party's excitement is also crazy. Moreover, the numerical value of the virus detection rate of 99% is also steady. But, because the result of enjoying work is No.1 in Germany. I remembered Oda Nobunaga's words, "Your dream is just a dream for the rest of your life."


For reference, I saw the test result of AV-Test.org which was announced at the end of January, but unexpectedly, it was made by a certain company preinstalled on a very large number of PCs sold in Japan The virus detection rate of software was the lowest among 13 products. There may be people who do not know, but GDATA's antivirus software is also sold in Japan. According to Mr. Ralph's story, from about 2007 to 2008, the type of virus has increased about seven times. Let's also be careful ... ....


(Intersection · sentence: Hiroyuki Watanabe, editing: GIGAZINE editorial department)