Cylance launched a series of blogs challenging the methods used by two certification labs to conduct endpoint protection tests. Called the tests unethical, accused the labs of fraud, bias, extortion, software piracy, and extortion. But the arguments beg the question is there any value in endpoint testing, or is it just a marketing tool? IDC’s Robert Westervelt says testing labs provide a valid service, adding that any organizations considering endpoint protection products should use testing data as one of the components in their evaluations.”]