Re: Anit-Virus Software

From: Karma (steve_at_frij.com)
Date: 08/07/03

  • Next message: Meidinger Chris: "AW: Anit-Virus Software" 
    Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:23:27 +1000
To: roberts@tridecap.com, Justin_Andrusk@progressive.com

    I disagree,

    Sophos had a central management console from an NT/2k/XP machine. When I was
    researching it over 2 years ago, it was indeed one of the most efficient and
    powerful at the time.

    Sophos has had a new development since, I think its called Enterprise
    Manager. So it seems even if I havent evaluated AV products in a while,
    Sophos has had a central management product for a very long time, and a darn
    good one at that.

    To answer the original question, I am a big fan of Symantec's and Sophos of
    late, but a multi-tier attack against AV is now becoming common place.
    However you choose to deploy it, a good admin is far better than a neglected
    but good AV scanner.

    regards

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    From: <Justin_Andrusk@progressive.com>
    To: <roberts@tridecap.com>
    Cc: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:06 AM
    Subject: Re: Anit-Virus Software

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    > Cost is probably going to be a factor. Mcafee has a product in addition to
    > VirusScan that you can use to manage all hosts from a single console. It's
    > E-Policy Orchestrator. I don't believe Sophos has anything except
    > reporting. Not sure about Trend Micro. If you want to be adventurous, you
    > can manage it all through scripting.
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    > Regards,
    > ===========================================
    > Justin Andrusk
    > Information Security
    > Progressive Insurance
    > Phone : 440-395-0630
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    > I need to set up some anti-virus software for our company. We have
    > about 15 people running windows, a windows 2003 file server and possibly
    > and exchange server, and over the next two years we will grow to around
    > 100 employees. Basically, I want virus software that I can manage from
    > one console, and will do a good job of finding viruses. I'd prefer to
    > have the file server and exchange server be able to be managed by the
    > same console, but if not I can live with it. I've been looking at
    > Norton and Panda, but am looking for some real world opinions.
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    > John roberts
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