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Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution?
From: "Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () PIMA EDU>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:06:55 -0700
(1) SunBelt CounterSpy Enterprise (2) Pretty good effectiveness (3) Awesome. $1/computer; so it was $5,000 for 5,000 computers (4) CounterSpy has been a bit of a rough road. When we started using it last summer, it was a bit buggy and not robust enough to handle 5,000 computers. The developers were very responsive, however, and got things working in a reasonable time frame. Meanwhile, the reporting features are not that great -- it can be quite difficult to really stay on top of everything that is going on. Overall, this software has been an enormous boon for us. We have found everything from attempts to put key loggers on testing computers to hordes of remote control tools. I can't imagine *not* having a solution like this in place, the sheer amount of compromises this finds/prevents on a daily basis is staggering. Today, spyware ought to be viewed no differently from viruses. Just as not having a virus protection infrastructure would land an IT shop in big trouble, I think the same will be true for anti-spyware. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Basgen IT Systems Architect, Security Pima Community College ________________________________ From: Tim Lane [mailto:tlane () SCU EDU AU] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:08 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Hi, just wondering if anyone has deployed a commercial, enterprise based spyware specific solution under a client server arrangement for Windows desktops? If so I would be interested in: (1) The solution name (2) How effective the solution is (3) How much it cost (4) Pros and Cons of the solution (5) Any other relevant feedback I would also be interested in hearing from other institutions that are currently considering investing in a commercial enterprise based spyware solution. Thanks very much, Tim Lane Tim Lane Information Security Program Manager Information Technology and Telecommunication Services Southern Cross University PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480 (02 6620 3290 7 02 6620 3033 - tlane () scu edu au 8 http://www.scu.edu.au <http://www.scu.edu.au>
Current thread:
- Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Tim Lane (Apr 10)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Justin Dover (Apr 11)
- Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Russell Fulton (Apr 11)
- Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Valdis Kletnieks (Apr 11)
- Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Justin Dover (Apr 11)
- Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Casey Hill (Apr 11)
- Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution? Basgen, Brian (Apr 20)