Re: Anit-Virus Software

[Karma <steve () frij 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


> 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,
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> 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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