ESET is a Slovak cybersecurity company that protects businesses, governments and consumers. Its business offering is built around the ESET PROTECT Platform, which includes endpoint protection, extended detection and response (XDR), server and cloud workload security, multi-factor authentication, and vulnerability and patch management. ESET also provides managed detection and response, premium support and threat intelligence. The sources consulted do not state whether the management console runs in the cloud, on premises or both.
ESET was founded in 1992 and is privately held. The data controller named in its privacy notice is ESET, spol. s r.o. in Bratislava, Slovakia. ESET says it prefers to process data in the EU, but depending on location and service, data may go to a country outside the EU, for example through third-party cloud services, relying on EU standard contractual clauses. No open-source edition is described.