Brazil Method of Anti-Malware Evaluation and Cyber Defense Impacts

Abstract

Abstract Cyber risk profoundly affects all. In the context of cyber threats, malware is trending in various productive sectors. Nowadays, anti-malware is essential to combat cyber threats; however, their efficiency is often questioned, because malware is different for different regions in the world. Choosing an efficient anti-malware software solution is crucial to protect information from different institutions. The method confirmed the reality of evaluating the different known methodologies, showing another scenario of the efficiency of the different testers. The method allowed visualizing an interesting panorama because 50% of malware collected on the Brazilian Internet was detected by anti-malware commercially available in Brazil.