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Re: Anit-Virus Software
From: "Ian" <e2chameleon () btopenworld com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 23:42:24 +0100
Hi, One of the Good things about ePolicy Orchestrator is it can manage more than just McAfee anti-virus products. You can manage McAfee Desktop Firewall as well and get details of other anti-virus products installed on your network from other vendors such as Symantec (Norton) and Dr Ahn.. A number of organisations are implementing dual vendor solutions in an attempt to increase protection and the ability to report on both solutions using the one console can be attractive. Sophos has had a central management solution for a few years, It's called SAVAdmin and lets you manage updates and installs from a central location. They have recently added Enterprise Manager and EM Reporter to further enhance their deployment, management, updating and reporting facilities. Symantec (Norton) has System Center for its products and can also identify, but not manage other anti-virus products. Kaspersky Business Optimal is a complete solution for desktop/server/Groupware that includes centralised management. Panda Administrator can be used to centrally deploy and manage Panda products throughout an organisation. Panda ASP is a hosted web based central management system and is currently in Beta. It appears to provide web based updates in a similar manner to McAfee's Rumour 2 technology for their ASAP managed anti-virus service (which is another option). eTrust AntiVirus from Computer Associates appears to have the usual set of tools and includes dual scanning engines in a single system. F-Secure Policy Manager can be used to manage anti-virus, personal firewall and encryption / VPN systems from F-Secure. F-Secure Policy Manager came out top in an SC Magazine review of AV Management systems. The complete review of all products tested is available online at: http://www.westcoast.com/securecomputing/2003_07/index.html. Many other products from such as AhnLab, Alwil, BitDefender, Trend Micro, Hauri and VirusBuster also have central management solutions available. In addition to the management tools, there are some other things you may want to examine such as product features and the effectiveness of the scanning engines. The ICSA Labs (http://www.icsalabs.com) test and certify security related products, including anti-virus systems, as does West Coast Labs (http://www.check-mark.com). They provide an independent view on the abilities of products to perform to high standards. Virus Bulletin (http://www.virusbtn.com) and the university of Magdeburg's AV-Test.org (http://www.av-test.org) provide comparative analysis of the effectiveness of anti-virus products. These resources should help you identify the product best suited to you. Cheers, Ian. e2chameleon Information Security Resource. http://www.e2chameleon.btinternet.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: <Justin_Andrusk () progressive com> To: <roberts () tridecap com> Cc: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 5:06 PM Subject: Re: Anit-Virus Software
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. Regards, =========================================== Justin Andrusk Information Security Progressive Insurance Phone : 440-395-0630 =========================================== |---------+---------------------------> | | "John Roberts" | | | <roberts@trideca| | | p.com> | | | | | | 08/05/2003 03:28| | | PM | | | Please respond | | | to roberts | | | | |---------+---------------------------> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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. John roberts --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- Anit-Virus Software John Roberts (Aug 06)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software Dave C (Aug 06)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Anit-Virus Software JAVIER OTERO (Aug 06)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software Brian Whitehead (Aug 06)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software Justin F. Knox (Aug 07)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software greg.jensen (Aug 07)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software Brian Whitehead (Aug 06)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software Justin_Andrusk (Aug 06)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software shrek-m () gmx de (Aug 06)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software Ian (Aug 07)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software Jeff Wichman (Aug 07)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software Karma (Aug 07)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software Dave Gonsalves (Aug 06)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software subscribe (Aug 06)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software stephen at unix dot za dot net (Aug 08)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software Chris Berry (Aug 06)
- RE: Anit-Virus Software Kenneth W. Kubiak (Aug 06)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software J. Lambrecht (Aug 07)
- Re: Anit-Virus Software greg.jensen (Aug 07)
- Re: Anti-Virus Software Marc Chabot (.net) (Aug 07)
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