Industry Affiliates of Trend Micro

Stopbadware.org

StopBadware.org

StopBadware.org is a nonprofit consumer protection initiative working to combat badware, including malicious software such as spyware, incessant pop-up ads, and other obtrusive programs. A partnership between top academic institutions, technology industry leaders, and volunteers, StopBadware.org is a leading independent voice in badware research and education, and an innovator for community-based approaches to stopping badware.

StopBadware.org is led by Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for
Internet & Society and Oxford University's Oxford Internet Institute.

Consumer Reports WebWatch serves as an unpaid special advisor. The initiative is supported by AOL, Google, Lenovo, PayPal, TrendMicro, and VeriSign. For more information, please visit http://www.stopbadware.org.
Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)

Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)

APWG is an industry association aimed at eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types. The organization provides a forum to discuss phishing issues, trials and evaluations of potential technology solutions.

Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC)

The ASC is a group dedicated to building a consensus about definitions and best practices in the debate surrounding spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies. Composed of anti-spyware software companies, academics, and consumer groups, the ASC seeks to bring together a diverse array of perspective on the problem of controlling spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies.

Association of anti Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR)

AVAR is an independent and not-for-profit organization aimed at preventing the spread and damage caused by malicious software, and to develop cooperative relationship among anti malicious software experts in the world. Trend Micro is a corporate member of AVAR and has contributed speakers at the AVAR annual conference.

ICSA Labs

ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, offers vendor-neutral testing and certification of security products. Hundreds of the world's top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. The end-users of security technologies rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. The organization tests products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, IPSec VPN, cryptography, network intrusion prevention, PC firewall, SSL-VPN, web application firewall, anti-spam and Wireless LAN.

Trend Micro submits products to ICSA Labs for antivirus and anti-spam certification and is a member of both the Anti-Virus Product Developers Consortium and the Anti-Spam Product Developers Consortium. Many of Trend Micro’s products are ICSA Labs Certified.

Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)

MAAWG is a global organization focused on preventing the online abuse of electronic messaging. MAAWG addresses messaging abuse by focusing on technology, industry collaboration and public policy initiatives. MAAWG brings the messaging industry together to work collaboratively and successfully address forms of messaging abuse such as messaging spam, virus attacks, and denial-of-service attacks.

Microsoft Virus Information Alliance (VIA)

Microsoft and many of their anti-virus partners are working together to provide customers with detailed information on newly discovered viruses that may impact Microsoft products. Members exchange information on about new threats to mitigate risks and provide customers with timely information about viruses and remediation.

Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin is a leading specialist publication in the field of viruses and related malware. It offers readers impartial advice about anti-virus security and the products on offer. Not only are representatives of Trend Micro members of the Virus Bulletin Advisory Board, but Trend Micro has submitted its products to Virus Bulletin for testing for many years. Additionally Trend Micro has contributed numerous articles and presentations to Virus Bulletin magazine and the annual Virus Bulletin conference.
West Coast Labs - Checkmark Certification

West Coast Labs - Checkmark Certification

Checkmark is the world's fastest growing certification system for information security products and services. It is a highly regarded accreditation program that provides end users with confirmation of a product or service's effective functionality and performance. Unlike other certification programs, the Checkmark testing criteria are peer reviewed by the West Coast Labs Technology Forum - a group of senior IT security professionals in major corporate organizations around the world - to ensure that standards and accreditation criteria are an accurate reflection of real world user requirements.

Trend Micro submits products for antivirus, anti-Trojan, anti-spyware, anti-spam and URL filtering Checkmark certification by West Coast Labs. Many of Trend Micro products are Checkmark certified.

The Domain Assurance Council (DAC)

The Domain Assurance Council (DAC) simplifies organizations' access to certification and reputation services. DAC is dedicated to eliminating the confusion and complexity of disparate solution providers by providing a common way to publish information. As a full member of DAC, Trend Micro is actively working on advancing industry-wide email domain authentication to ensure that receivers of email can be assured that the company or organization that says it is sending the mail is in fact responsible for that mail.

Common Malware Enumeration (CME)

The CME initiative aims to provide single, common identifiers to new virus threats and to the most prevalent virus threats. CME aims to facilitate the adoption of a shared, neutral indexing capability for malware. Trend Micro is not only the editorial board but has been with CME since its inception.

Anti-Virus Information & Early Warning System (AVIEWS)

AVIEWS is an international on-line community dedicated to sharing information, in an effort to reduce the impact of malicious code and other related vulnerabilities. AVIEWS grew out of AVIEN (www.avien.org), a global community of malware-savvy administrators and researchers outside the security industry. AVIEWS is the first formal, interactive Anti-Virus community which includes not only vendor representatives but also researchers, security experts, product testers, journalists, systems administrators, and more.

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