Your comparison doesn't work. It's not A versus B, it's A versus C, with C being "Company does nothing because it can't afford a thorough security program."
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Michel Messerschmidt <li...@michel-messerschmidt.de> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 06:02:48AM -0700, Shaqe Wan wrote: >> I am not stating that PCI is good in no way, but I am saying that its a MUST >> for companies dealing with CC. And in a windows environment, an AV is >> important. > > Did you consider that an anti-virus may actually be the worst security > solution for certain threats because it allows companies not to think > about security while providing insufficient protection? > > What's your choice: > Company A installs an anti-virus and updates it regularly (BTW regularly > includes once a year). > Company B has a recovery concept, incident response team, vulnerability > monitoring, patch management, NIDS, security training but no anti-virus. > >> He probably thought that I am with the rules of PCI, or that I don't have >> any idea that the world is not just WINDOWS !!! > > No, I don't think so. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/