Anti-Malware Battlefield Tools: Customer Perspectives and Reference RFI

Anti-Malware Battlefield Tools:
Customer Perspectives and
Reference RFI v1, August 21, 2006 AUTHOR: Dan Blum (dblum@burtongroup.com) TECHNOLOGY THREAD: Application and Content Security
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Table of Contents Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................4 Customer Perspectives.............................................................................................................................................4 Summary of Key Findings .................................................................................................................................4 Malware Concerns...............................................................................................................................................4 The Risk Level.....................................................................................................................................................5 Insurance and Financial Services Have Diverse Concerns........................................................................6 Retail Industry Organizations May Be Challenged by Distributed Networks and Cost Issues ...........7 Medical and Pharmaceutical Organizations Face Worrisome Risks with Hands Tied ........................7 Manufacturing Organization Sees Threats Everywhere, a Toxic Web, and De-Perimeterization Gone Too Far...........................................................................8 Lack of Centrally Coordinated Defense Puts Multiple Objectives at Risk .............................................8 When the Levees Break..............................................................................................................................8 Defensive Strategies ............................................................................................................................................9 Financial and Insurance Companies Tend to Be Well Locked Down and Their Networks Are Protected ...... [download for more]