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Industry-acclaimed research powered by AI-native threat detection
Backed by science, our in-house threat intelligence experts and global R&D centers ensure ESET remains at the forefront of cybersecurity. As a proudly independent, privately owned company, we anticipate new threats and continuously evolve our protection technology.
Recognized for cybersecurity excellence
As a founding member of the Google App Defense Alliance and a trusted partner of Intel, ESET protects users in every corner of the world and is recognized by leading analysts, testing organizations and customers.
Trusted by industry leaders
“Technology has changed the world. Protecting that technology has always been our world.”
Richard Marko, CEO of ESET
Three decades of digital security
2024
Canon MJ wins the Nikkei
Computer Customer
Satisfaction Survey for
the 12th year Our Japanese partner, Canon Marketing Japan, won the top-ranking award in Nikkei Customer Satisfaction Survey’s “Security Solution” category for the 12th year in a row.
2024
ESET PROTECT rocks
the reviews on G2,
27 Leader Badges
prove it ESET is recognized as a Leader in 27 categories in G2’s Summer 2024 Reports. ESET also ranks among the top three vendors in the Small-Business Grid for Endpoint Protection Suites.
2024
ESET among
Forrester's top vendors
of Mobile Threat Defense
solutions ESET, a strong Contender in the report, stands out with its broad security solutions, ranking better than many competitors. This highlights ESET’s excellence and top status in the MTD market.
2024
ESET is a Customers’
Choice for Midsize
Enterprises in the Gartner
VoC Report ESET PROTECT is a Customers’ Choice for Midsize Enterprises in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™. With a 4.6/5 rating, 90% of customers recommend our product as of June2024.
2024
WeLiveSecurity
wins Best Cybersecurity
Vendor Blog
award WeLiveSecurity won Best Cybersecurity Vendor Blog at the European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards. We’re honored to have ESET’s researchers and writers recognized for their talent and work.
2024
Starmus VII
powered by ESET
took place in
Bratislava ESET proudly partnered with Starmus VII in Bratislava, May 12-17,2024. The festival, themed “The Future of Our Home Planet,” featured over 50 experts in various fields and special guests like Jean-Michel Jarre and Sir Brian May.
2024
ESET Commended
for Advancing Security
Solutions and Enhancing
MDR Offerings After IDC attended our ESET World conference, their report praised ESET’s integrated security platform, top-tier research, expanded MDR offerings, and AI integration to enhance user protection.
2024
ESET leads in AI
for cybersecurity,
using machine learning
since 1990 A recent Gartner report mentions ESET among AI-driven security providers. ESET, a leader in AI for cybersecurity since 1990, now offers ESET Inspect with an AI-driven engine for automated metadata correlation.
2024
ESET is a Top Player in
Radicati Market Quadrant
for the 5th consecutive
year For the 5th year, ESET is a Top Player in Radicati’s APT Protection Market Quadrant. Our advanced security solutions and strategic vision ensure comprehensive protection against evolving cyber threats.
2024
ESET, a Leader
in an IDC Endpoint
Security Evaluation for
Small Businesses ESET has been recognized as a Leader in endpoint security in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Small Businesses 2024 Vendor Assessment.
2024
Unlocked 403:
ESET cybersecurity podcast
is here! ESET has announced the launch of a new YouTube format: Unlocked 403 Podcast aiming to bolster cybersecurity awareness.
2024
ESET as a Major Player
in an IDC Endpoint
Security Evaluation
for Enterprises ESET has been recognized as a Major Player in endpoint security in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Enterprises 2024 Vendor Assessment.
2024
ESET is once again
a Champion in
the Canalys Cybersecurity
Matrix 2023 ESET has received Champion status fifth time in a row in the Canalys Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix 2023 report.
2024
ESET finds EvilVideo:
Telegram Android app
hit by zero-day exploit
via videos ESET found a zero-day exploit, “EvilVideo,”targeting the Telegram app for Android, sold in June 2024. It allows attackers to share malicious payloads disguised as multimedia files via Telegram.
2023
ESET researchers
win the Péter Szőr
Award ESET researchers won the Péter Szőr Award for the best piece of technical security research published in the last year for "BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed.
2023
ESET as Strategic Leader
in AV-Comparatives’
EPR Comparative
Report In AV-Comparatives’ Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Comparative Report, ESET PROTECT Enterprise outperformed 11 vendors in 50 real-world scenarios testing prevention and response. The resultant EPR CyberRisk Quadrant noted ESET’s high detection rates, minimal false positives, and intuitive design.
2023
The ESET Science Award celebrates 5th anniversary and establishes Alumni Club In celebration of the ESET Science Award’s fifth anniversary and ESET’S partnership with Starmus, the Annual ESET Science Week’s Discussion with Jury Chair and Nobel Laureate Michel Mayor, among others, was accompanied by a special event to enrich the Fund for Support of Science.
2023
ESET named Customers’
Choice in the Gartner®
Voice of the Customer report ESET PROTECT was recognized in the Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Endpoint Protection Platforms report. Customers praised our EPP solution for its product capabilities, and also noted their experience with sales, deployment, and support.
2023
IDC names ESET
a vendor “who shaped the year” ESET was recognized for its research excellence, financial stability, and technical prowess in the IDC Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security Market Shares report.
2023
ESET wins the SC Award
in Excellence for
Best Customer
Service ESET is recognized for delivering best-in-class customer support and services, and exceeding expectations to ensure that organizations are protected against threats launched by today’s savvy cybercriminals.
2023
The WeLiveSecurity blog turns 10! ESET’s industry-leading blog gets a fresh new look in celebration of its tenth birthday.
2023
Starmus VII,
powered by ESET,
launched in London and Bratislava Sir Brian May and Dr. Garik Israelian announced partnership with ESET for the Starmus Earth: the future of our home planet—at London’s Royal Society, with parallel launch events in Bratislava. They were joined by conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, cosmologist Sir Martin Rees, and more.
2023
ESET’s first
Global Carbon
Footprint Report
published As part of its journey to carbon neutrality, ESET published its first Global Carbon Footprint Report.
2023
Global Guidelines
for ESET’s ERGs
published The Global Employee Resource Groups (ERG) Guidelines encourage the creation of new ERGs and supports existing ones. This includes Women's Progress.Supported, Eco Ambassadors, Be-Well in HQ, Wellness Committee, The Green Team, Women of the Workplace, Financial Literacy Group in NORAM, and LGBTQ+ and Allies.
2023
ESET continues
support for Ukraine
via the ESET
Foundation ESET donated a further €500,000 in support of Ukraine, via the ESET Foundation. Of this, €200,000 went towards the Integra Foundation, which continues to provide urgent humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
2022
Overall winner
of the Advanced Threat
Protection test
from AV- Comparatives
2022
Recognized as
a Champion in
the Canalys Cybersecurity
Leadership Matrix 2022
2022
ESET uncovers
Lazarus APT
operations ESET researchers uncovered and analyzed a set of malicious tools that were used by the infamous Lazarus APT group in 2021. One such tool was designed to disable various Windows monitoring features.
2022
Named as Product, Innovation, Market
& Overall Leader by KuppingerCole for EPDR ESET was recognized as a leader in four categories (Product, Innovation, Market & Overall Leader) in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Endpoint Protection, Detection & Response 2022.
2022
ESET World
enables new fundraising
for Ukraine At the annual ESET World event for partners, customers, and colleagues, we auctioned off a guitar played by astronaut and ESET guest, Chris Hadfield. The guitar was bought for €35,000 by the ESET Netherlands team. The ESET Foundation matched this amount, and a total of €70,000 was donated to support Ukrainian refugees.
2022
Recognized as
a Top Player in Radicati’s
2022 APT Protection
Market Quadrant
2022
ESET works
with CERT-UA
on Industroyer2
attacks Sandworm attackers made an unsuccessful attempt to deploy the Industroyer2 malware against high-voltage electrical substations in Ukraine. ESET researchers worked closely with CERT-UA on this discovery.
2022
ESET supports
Ukrainian partners with
relocation ESET supports its Ukrainian business partners by relocating them to our Slovak offices. We have also offered Ukrainian colleagues shelter in our own homes.
2022
Wiper attacks
in Ukraine Ukraine was hit by cyberattacks that involved data-wiping malware: HermeticWiper, IsaacWiper, CaddyWiper, and others. The first wave of attacks started with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2022
ESET fundraises
for Ukraine ESET raised €700,000 for humanitarian aid, donating to UNICEF Ukraine, the Integra Foundation, the City of Bratislava, and others. ESET employees have been instrumental in establishing medical checkpoints on the Ukrainian border to support refugees.
2022
ESG Global Working Group
and ESET Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion Council
established The Global Working Group and ESET Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council were established, taking a new approach to the environmental, social, and governance issues (ESG) underpinning ESET’s global sustainability initiatives. It calls all ESET offices to work together on the global Code of Ethics and Integrity, and ESG Strategy.
2021
Named Major Player
in IDC’s MarketScape
Modern Endpoint Security
for Enterprises
2021
Participated
in MITRE ATT&CK
Carbanak + FIN7
Evaluation With visibility into more than 90% of the attack sub-steps, ESET placed in the top ranks of participating vendors.
2021
Discovery of MS
Exchange vulnerability
ProxyLogon ESET identified more than 10 different threat actors that likely leveraged the Microsoft Exchange remote code execution in order to install implants on victims’ email servers.
2020
Diversity Charter
signed ESET became a signatory and ambassador of the Diversity Charter. ESET believes in creating a respectful environment in which all its employees feel welcome, without exception.
2020
ESET named
'Strategic Leader'
in AV-Comparatives
EPR Test
2020
100th AV-TEST
certificate
received ESET achieved the milestone of receiving 100 AV-TEST certificates and/or awards, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of its first-ever AV-TEST award in June 2010.
2020
Discovery of KrØØk
vulnerability in
Wi‑Fi chips ESET researchers discovered a previously unknown vulnerability in Wi‑Fi chips causing over a billion devices (such as smartphones and laptops) to be susceptible to an all-zero encryption key encrypting part of the user’s communication.
2019
ESET Science Award
launched The award is presented by the ESET Foundation to recognize exceptional individuals in Slovak science with the objective of highlighting the achievements of Slovak scientists and improving the status of science, both in Slovakia and within the international scientific research community.
2019
Named EPP
Customers’ Choice
by Gartner Peer
Insights
2019
Named only
Challenger in Gartner
MQ for EPP The feat was repeated in 2020 and 2021.
2019
Named ‘Champion’
in Canalys Cybersecurity
Leadership Matrix The feat was repeated in 2020 and 2021.
2019
Discovery of Attor
cyberespionage
platform ESET identified a previously unreported espionage platform, used in targeted attacks against diplomatic missions and governmental institutions.
2019
Founding member of Google’s App Defense Alliance ESET became the founding member of the Google App Defense Alliance to protect the Google Play Store. ESET provides its award-winning detection capabilities and improved security for the Android ecosystem and spearheads investigations that make the Google Play Store safer.
2018
Published the first
GRI Sustainability
report The report summarizes ESET’s CSR activities in Slovakia and focuses on the following key areas - ethics as a business foundation, safer technologies, satisfied employees and a better Slovakia.
2018
Discovery of
BlackEnergy’s successor
- GreyEnergy ESET research uncovered a successor to the BlackEnergy APT group, which caused the first-ever blackout caused by a cyberattack. GreyEnergy has been used to attack energy companies and other high-value targets in Ukraine and Poland since 2015.
2018
Discovery of LoJax
malware ESET researchers uncovered the first UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the infamous SEDNIT group.
2017
Discovery of Industroyer
malware ESET discovered one of the biggest threats to date, which caused a power outage in Kyiv in December 2016.
2016
First to break
the magical 100
VB100 Awards
threshold ESET NOD32 became the first product to ever pass the magical threshold of 100 VB100 Awards received by a single product.
2014
ESET researchers
win their 1st
Péter Szőr
Award ESET researchers won the 1st Péter Szőr Award for the best piece of technical security research published in the last year for “Operation Windigo.”
2013
Launch of
the award-winning
WeLiveSecurity
blog The popular blog is home to ESET’s research publications and provides a comprehensive source of internet security news, tips and insights.
2012
Introduced
Exploit Blocker
technology This pioneering technology is capable of monitoring frequently abused applications, such as web browsers, email clients and JAVA scripts.
2011
The ESET Foundation
established The ESET Foundation aims to help communities and organizations in Slovakia to overcome challenges in the field of education, science and building a better society. It has supported more than 600 projects with a total value of 3.4 million Euros.
2011
Richard Marko
appointed
CEO Marko began his journey at ESET in 1994. He was Chief Technology Officer since from 2008 until his appointment as the company’s CEO in 2011. He is also a co-owner of the company.
2010
Received
first-ever AV-TEST
award ESET Smart Security 4.2 was certified as one of the best Windows 7 antivirus software for home users.
2008
Miroslav Trnka
appointed
CEO Since the company’s inception, Trnka was the Chief Technology Officer until his appointment as CEO in 2008. Today, he remains a co-owner of the company.
2007
Overall winner
of AV-Comparatives’
Antivirus tests
2006
Overall winner
of AV-Comparatives’
Antivirus tests
2005
Present in
100 countries around
the world Protecting digital lives across half the planet. Today, ESET products are available virtually everywhere, including Antarctica.
2002
Introduced advanced
heuristics A big milestone, allowing ESET to detect new malware and their possible modifications.
1998
First
VB100 Award
for NOD32 ESET received the first award for malware detection. Since then, NOD32 has won a record 100 of them.
1992
ESET formally
established Miroslav Trnka, Peter Paško and Rudolf Hrubý formally established ESET as a privately owned limited liability company. They named it after the Egyptian goddess of protection.
1987
Birth of NOD
antivirus Peter Paško and Miroslav Trnka created a universal software solution to eliminate computer threats.
Doing the right things the right way
Our ecological, social and governance (ESG) vision is to build a digitally resilient world. We want to help people to use technology for progress, prosperity, and the full realization of their potential.
Encouraging environmental sustainability
Contributing to cybersecurity education
Supporting science, technology and innovation
Building a culture based on diversity, equity and inclusion
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ESET CODE OF ETHICS
The Code is based on ESET values and reflects the culture of integrity and high standards we hold ourselves to.
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ESET Commute.Protected.
We saved 10,000 kg of CO2! In June 2024, our global community used eco-friendly transport, sharing our journeys to protect the planet.
Celebrating exceptional women in cybersecurity
Since 2016, ESET awards scholarships to empower women, and for their achievements, academic excellence, and dedication to pursuing careers in STEM.
Diverse Employee Resource Groups
ESET supports women in cybersecurity through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Watch Viktória Ivanová and Carrie Brown discuss ERGs’ impact on our teams.