
WestCoastLabs(西海岸实验室)位于英国,其从1996年推出Checkmark认证方案,测试各类信息安全产品与国际统一认可的最基本标准及规范的符合性表现。目前,Checkmark认证标准已被全球认可为最值得信赖的指标之一。 西海岸实验室(WestCoastLabs)的使命就是为信息安全产品和服务提供准确且高质量的技术确认,该公司建立很长时间来都在提供安全产品测试与评估,其受人尊重的Checkmark认证流程背后蕴藏着专业的技术背景支撑。
西海岸实验室颁布的Checkmark认证证书,体现产品在真实环境标准下的测试结果。对于反病毒产品来讲,Checkmark一级认证是奖励能侦测到病毒的防毒产品,而Checkmark二级认证,是西海岸实验室(West Coast Labs)所授予的最高级别的认证,仅授予那些既能够侦测病毒又能够解除病毒病毒威胁的产品,即侦测和解除病毒危险程度评估组织(WildList Organization)所发布的各种极具破坏性病毒的威胁。 目前市面多数的防毒产品多能通过其一级测试,但二级测试的通过与否才是选择反病毒方案更进一步的参考。
West Coast Labs is an independent organization, which tests information security products.
West Coast Labs has also developed the Checkmark certification system into one of the world's foremost certification programs.
As one of the leading brands in the USA and the de facto standard in Europe and Asia Pacific, the Checkmark System has developed into an integrated system of standards that are recognized around the world as reliable indicators of performance levels.