full-disclosure - Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:25:47 -0700
From: Tracy Reed <treed@...raviolet.org>
To: Nick FitzGerald <nick@...us-l.demon.co.uk>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 08:57:18AM +1200, Nick FitzGerald spake thusly:
> Anyone authoritatively stating that antivirus software is a necessary 
> component of a "reasonably secure" system is a fool.

No, they just think all the world is Windows.

> So _if_, as you and another recent poster strongly imply, the PCI 
> standards include a specific _requirement_ for antivirus software, then 
> the standards themselves are total nonsense...

PCI only requires antivirus for systems commonly affected by
viruses. This means Windows. PCI security council has said that UN*X
OSs etc. are not required to have antivirus.

-- 
Tracy Reed
http://tracyreed.org

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