During NSS Labs’ 2018 Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) Group Test, the Cylance CylancePROTECT + OPTICS v2.0.1450 failed to initiate part of the OPTICS engine, which primarily impacted the exploit and blended threats test categories. This affected its position on the Security Value Map (SVM)™. After working closely with NSS, Cylance rolled out a new version of its software (v2.2.1011) for OPTICS. Cylance submitted this updated product for follow-on testing using the AEP Test Methodology v2.0, the same methodology used in the AEP Group Test.