German endpoint protection and antivirus vendor that built one of the first commercial antivirus products in the 1980s.

G DATA CyberDefense AG is headquartered in Bochum, Germany. Founded in 1985, it is often credited with releasing one of the first commercial antivirus programs in 1987.

Today it sells an endpoint protection platform, EDR, managed detection and response, and email/mail security for SMBs and enterprises, alongside consumer antivirus. It markets a “No-Backdoor” guarantee and develops detection technology in-house in Germany.

Positioned against CrowdStrike and SentinelOne, G DATA emphasizes that its software and support are developed under German and EU data-protection law.