ESET brings private scanning tools to AWS Marketplace

ESET has made ESET PRIVATE Scanning Solutions available through AWS Marketplace in the US, the UK and Europe.

The move gives AWS customers another way to buy and manage the threat-scanning product through existing AWS Marketplace accounts. ESET says the arrangement is intended to shorten procurement and deployment for security and DevOps teams using cloud-based applications and storage.

AWS Marketplace is Amazon Web Services' catalogue for third-party software, data products and professional services that run on its cloud infrastructure. The listing places ESET's scanning product alongside a broad range of tools bought directly by corporate technology buyers through AWS billing and account management processes.

ESET says the product is designed to inspect files before they are stored, shared or processed. It is aimed at organisations that want malware checks embedded in applications, storage platforms and upload portals without deploying full endpoint security software across every system involved in a workflow.

How it works

The service uses a three-stage process. First, files enter a scanning workflow through a high-speed gRPC API, either via an ESET agent or through a direct integration built by a customer's own security team. Scan results are then returned to the client system so the workflow can continue, reject or quarantine a file.

Next, a static scanning engine checks source code, looks for suspicious patterns and applies machine learning models to identify hidden or obfuscated threats. ESET says this stage is designed to return a clean or not-clean verdict in milliseconds, with file loads distributed across scanners by a load balancer.

If the static engine does not detect malware but a file qualifies for deeper review, it can move to a dynamic scanning stage. There, the product checks file reputation against ESET threat intelligence, executes the file in a cloud-based sandbox and produces reports on malicious actions or anomalies. Some cases are sent to the company's Virus Lab for manual analysis.

The offer reflects a wider shift in enterprise software buying, particularly in cloud security, as vendors increasingly seek distribution through the large procurement channels operated by infrastructure providers. For customers, those marketplaces can reduce supplier onboarding work and allow software spending to be managed within existing cloud purchasing frameworks.

Security vendors have also been expanding products that scan content before it reaches internal systems or user environments, as companies face growing volumes of inbound files through web forms, collaboration tools, storage services and application programming interfaces. That has increased demand for tools that can sit within data flows rather than only on endpoints or network perimeters.

Andrea Doyle, Head of Corporate Solutions NORAM at ESET, outlined the company's rationale for the AWS launch.

"Today's organizations expect security solutions they can evaluate quickly, purchase seamlessly, and deploy without delay. By making ESET PRIVATE Scanning Solutions available in AWS Marketplace, we're simplifying procurement while enabling organizations to integrate high-performance threat scanning into their cloud applications to help protect critical data flows," Doyle said.

ESET describes itself as a cybersecurity supplier serving businesses, critical infrastructure operators and individual users. Its broader portfolio includes detection and response tools, encryption and multifactor authentication, alongside cloud, endpoint and mobile security products.

The AWS Marketplace launch adds another cloud distribution channel for that portfolio at a time when many buyers want software consumption and governance tied more closely to the platforms on which applications already run. For vendors, marketplace availability can also make products easier to test and deploy within existing customer environments.

Customers can try the scanning product free for one month through AWS Marketplace.