Why ESET
Balanced protection, grounded in experience
Reflecting our deep expertise across the widest range of industries and verticals, ESET PROTECT Platform scales to meet your organization’s needs. Explore what makes ESET PROTECT so effective in threat prevention, detection, and response.
Trust and continuity
- Our business is built on the trust of our users for over 30 years
- We have been innovating continuously since 1987
- World-class human expertise, with 13 R&D centers globally
Leading-edge technology
- ESET LiveSense® multi-layered technology, supported by advanced machine learning
- Technology pioneers: we were early adopters of machine learning in cybersecurity
- ESET LiveGrid® global threat intelligence network
Threat intelligence provider
- ESET Threat researchers actively contribute to the MITRE ATT&CK global knowledge base
- Our experts publish dozens of threat research papers and present at major conferences
- We offer all our threat research insights via products like ESET Threat Intelligence
The ESET difference
- 30+ years of trust
- Hyperlocal relationships
- World-class threat research
- Pioneers of cybersecurity
Proudly independent
One of very few global private IT security companies, ESET has always stood for technological independence.
We have remained focused on innovation and protection since we were founded. (We are still owned by our founders!)
We reinvest our profits back into security, R&D and products that benefit you, not investors.
ESET technology is built on world-class threat intelligence research that thousands of companies trust. Using ESET technology allows you to leverage that expertise.
Proudly independent
One of very few global private IT security companies, ESET has always stood for technological independence.
We have remained focused on innovation and protection since we were founded. (We are still owned by our founders!)
We reinvest our profits back into security, R&D and products that benefit you, not investors.
ESET technology is built on world-class threat intelligence research that thousands of companies trust. Using ESET technology allows you to leverage that expertise.
Global technology, local focus
ESET is committed to hyperlocal relationships
Source: IDC, How Global Threat Intelligence Vendors Address the Nuances of Regional Markets, Doc # US49127923, February 2023.
Discoveries serving cybersecurity
Hundreds of experts in ESET’s 13 R&D centers all around the world are busy every day anticipating new threats and ensuring that ESET protection is always ready for the next step of progress in technology.
Our proprietary research delivers exclusive benefits to ESET users. Globally significant discoveries like Industroyer, KrØØk and Lojax provide advance warning of threats, and mean ESET’s research teams are widely recognized by leading technology media worldwide.
ESET’s world-class security researchers share elite know-how and intelligence to ensure our users benefit from optimum, round-the-clock threat intelligence. They are the best threat hunters on the planet, trusted by governments, organizations and analysts alike.
In these trying times, threat intelligence is becoming increasingly necessary to help protect what matters most.
We are proud to be included in IDC’s report on threat intelligence vendors. As a privately owned, tech-focused company, we have always taken a science-based, security-first approach to developing the global threat intelligence systems fueling our solutions.
Innovative cybersecurity
ESET pioneered research into the Sandworm group, making some of the most significant discoveries. It was the first to identify security threats via the UEFI, and roll out its UEFI Scanner to combat them. It was among the first to introduce ARM-specific protection.
A frontrunner in machine learning since the 1990s, ESET’s cloud-powered, multilayered security is renowned in the cybersecurity industry for its ultra-light impact on users’ system performance.
In 2020, ESET topped AV-Comparatives’EPR Cyber Risk Quadrant by providing market-leading active and passive protection and delivering the best total cost of ownership (TCO). ESET users report rapid return on investment and very low total cost of ownership, due to ESET solutions’ exceptional technical capabilities, reasonable costs, and ease of use.
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The best detection
With the lowest risk of cyber attack
A unique data perspective
Via ESET's strong global telemetry network
The lowest false positive rates
Minimizing the possibility of business disruption
Easy management
With excellent customer support
The lowest impact on your system
Freeing your technology to run at 100%
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400k+
Business customers
195 countries
4.7
Gartner Peer Insights
8.7
TrustRadius
4.8
Capterra
4.6
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ESET helps businesses
achieve compliance
ESET solutions can help your organization to achieve many of the digital security controls that are key to insurability, including multi-factor authentication, vulnerability and patch management, threat hunting, and managed detection and response services delivered by ESET’s industry-leading experts.
