his Twitter account. In 2012, the firm was the tenth largest antivirus vendor worldwide, with 2.0% of the marketplace. In March 2020, Seattle-based network security firm WatchGuard announced that they entered into an agreement to acquire Panda Security. Products TruPrevent, which was introduced in 2003, is the firm's technologies for proactive protection, as opposed to traditional antivirus products, which provide reactive protection. It offers generic protection against many of the techniques used by new malware, with policies and rules that are developed based on the new vulnerabilities that appear daily. Collective Intelligence" is the firm's protection system to automatically detect, scan and classify malware in real time, introduced in 2007 This technology is implemented in its 2009 and 2010 antivirus products for home users and in Panda Cloud Antivirus, which the company has classified as the first antivirus in history that provides protection from the cloud Ratings In 2015, Panda Security obtained the best rate protection in the Real World Protection Test by AV-Comparatives. In 2018, Panda antivirus received their Gold award by [AV-Comparatives]. for the Whole Product Dynamic "Real-World" Protection Test. Panda Security was named Company of the Year 2016 by leading Spanish newspaper el Suplemento for innovative work, growth outreach and history. Panda Adaptive Defense is the first Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) security solution to achieve the EAL2+ security certification under the Common Criteria standard, published in the BOE (Official State Bulletin) for May 2018. It was listed as a "Qualified IT Security Product" by the Spanish National Cryptologic Center in May 2018. In 2016 it was named best Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Solution by Computing Magazines Security Excellence Awards. In 2018 it was recognised as the PC Pro A-List Security product for the second year running, and received an IT Pro Editor's Choice Award calling it "smarter than your average protection solution" See also Antivirus software Comparison of antivirus software Comparison of computer viruses Internet security Panda Cloud Antivirus References External links Computer security software companies Software companies of Spain Basque companies Antivirus software Windows security software Spanish brands Spanish companies established in 1990