1The Enterprise Administrators Anti-Virus Bill of Rights
written by Andrew Garcia; illustrated by Brian Moore
2The Enterprise Administrators Anti-Virus Bill of Rights – Do No Harm
False positives are bad enough, but eating mission-critical files, hamstringing device drivers or serving as launch vectors for threats are absolute deal breakers for anti-virus products.
3The Enterprise Administrators Anti-Virus Bill of Rights – Don’t Be a Pig
Administrators need to be able to control when and to what extent the computing time and resources under their care will be consumed in the name of security. As a rule, anti-virus products should never consume CPU resources unfettered, lock up disk drives
4The Enterprise Administrators Anti-Virus Bill of Rights – Research
Since most anti-virus detection and cleaning operations are reactive processes, anti-virus companies must provide signatures that are accurate, effective and fast. Automated research capabilities are a must, and global distribution of research labs can he
5The Enterprise Administrators Anti-Virus Bill of Rights – Management
Enterprise administrators have to be flexible with security policies, as different users working in different environments need varying levels of protection. A security solution should also interact with existing infrastructure components as much as possi
6The Enterprise Administrators Anti-Virus Bill of Rights – Develop and Grow While Easing Future Adoption
The constantly changing threat landscape requires anti-virus solutions to evolve and adapt to new threat vectors and malware types. Administrators should expect their security solutions will evolve over time, but vendors need to grow in a way that makes s
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