Analysis Brief: The Browser Wars Just Got Ugly

Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome were the subject of a Google-funded publication by security reseller Accuvant in which Google Chrome comes out on top, seemingly at the expense of Mozilla Firefox.  What should end users make of the results?  At the request of several enterprise clients, NSS Labs has reviewed the Google/Accuvant publication and supporting tools and data to provide an independent opinion. NSS analysts have also examined data from ongoing NSS Labs browser research to provide additional guidance.