Thomas Uhlemann, PR & Marketing Director and Cybersecurity Evangelist at AV-Comparatives, shares his take on what the 2026 EDR Detection Validation results mean for security teams.
Endpoint Central is one of only 9 EDR solutions certified by AV-Comparatives in 2026
In independent testing by AV-Comparatives, Endpoint Central ranked in the top 4 for malware protection rate and earned EDR Detection Validation certification.
Hear straight from the experts at AV-Comparatives
"ManageEngine demonstrated that its threat-hunting capabilities add meaningful depth to the overall detection picture, with particularly useful retrospective reconstruction of account manipulation and trusted-process abuse. The product achieved a perfect Signal-to-Noise result alongside telemetry coverage across 13 of the 14 attack steps."
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The AV-Comparatives Business Main Test Series evaluated leading endpoint security products against 1,000 real malware samples. Here's how the results compared.
Malware Protection Rate: Where Endpoint Central Stands
In this report, you will learn
How AV-Comparatives tests and certifies EDR solutions — and what it takes to qualify
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A step-by-step breakdown of Endpoint Central's detection across 14 real-world attack stages
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How Endpoint Central performed across 5 Signal-to-Noise scenarios — with zero excessive alerts
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Where Endpoint Central stands among the 9 certified EDR solutions worldwide in 2026
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Expert observations on Endpoint Central's threat-hunting and attack reconstruction capabilities
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