Case Study: Innovating in Slovakia

Founded in 1992, ESET is a global provider of security solutions for businesses and consumers. The Company has global headquarters in Bratislava and an extensive global partner network for 180 countries.

ESET continues to break new ground in virus detection technology, even holding the World Record for its malware detection. and has never missed a single In-the-Wild” worm or virus since the inception of testing in 1998.

In 2002, it created a new proactive detection technology called Advanced Heuristics. This meant ESET systems could detect an unlimited number of threats, current and new, without the need of uniquely identifying each and every one. This technology allowed ESET to become one of the TOP players in the antivirus industry and stay ahead of the curve of the increasing number of emerging threats.

All this was possible without having to resort to increasing the number of researchers doing manual work of isolating new malware types. Additionally, it forced the rest of the anti-malware industry to focus more resources on methods other than signature-based means of detection.

The solution was developed as a response to the challenge of the rapidly increasing number of malware - rising from single digits a day at that time to several thousands a day, today. This innovation was the key force behind the financial growth of the company.

As a result, ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Smart Security and ESET Cybersecurity for Mac are trusted by millions of global users and are among the most recommended security solutions in the world. For several years now, ESET has been ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA.