Elastic

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Elastic sits at the very top of this year’s AV-Comparatives' CyberRisk Quadrant within the 2026 Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) test with the only protection scores at 100%, combined with both the lowest modelled operational footprint of any tested product and zero false alerts.

Elastic Security achieved these scores by stopping every threat at phase one of the test, starting with Compromise and Foothold, which covers the first three MITRE ATT&CK chain tactics: Initial Access, Execution, and Persistence. Because every attack was contained at phase one, neither phase two (Internal Propagation) nor phase three (Asset Breach) were ever reached.

We’re here to solve a stark reality, though, where test scores are only one component; SOC analysts are drowning in alerts. Prevention at the endpoint is how we propose solving alert fatigue. Every threat stopped before it executes is one fewer alert to triage or even one fewer investigation to open.

All 14 vendors are tested against the same 50 scenarios with the scoring broken into 4 components:

Active Response (Prevention) measures whether the product stopped the attack automatically and normally reports it. Elastic caught all 50 scenarios at this stage.
Passive Response (Detection) measures whether the product detected and reported suspicious activity that it did not block.
Operational Accuracy Costs measures how often legitimate programs or actions were incorrectly blocked or detected.
Workflow Delay Costs measure whether the product slowed users down (e.g., when the product stops the execution of an unknown file and sends it to a sandbox for analysis).

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