Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-06-05 Thread fooler mail
simply put.. compliance is an accordance with established guidelines, specifications, or legislation... for example.. software being developed in compliance with specifications created by some standard body... big companies have chief compliance officer (CCO) to overlook for it... so know the risks

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-06-03 Thread Federico Sevilla III
In his article which opens the Feb 2013 issue of the /ISACA Journal/, Steven Ross tackles this problem quite insightfully. I like how he points out that standards which are often referred to as "best practice" are really "just okay practice". He points out that ISO/IEC 27001 as it currently stands

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-06-02 Thread Thad Mailist
This has become an interesting topic :-) The need to strike the balance with compliance is one thing with security and nature or type of infrastructure whether its for SOX, PCI, HIPAA, etc etc. And there a lot more types of compliances not too common because of nature of the business that are

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-06-02 Thread Tito Mari Francis EscaƱo
The author of the thread discussion must be working in an organization where strict compliance is a must have, like financial or credit card processing companies. Even MasterCard and VISA require their partners to comply to such requirements to be certified and graded accordingly as affiliate. Howe

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Zak Elep
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:02 PM, jgotan...@gmail.com wrote: > You know very well what you posted is personal opinion and won't make sense > to any high grade requirement like sox :-) Maybe. Most likely we're just dealing with different cases. I'm not saying compliance is a bad thing, but there

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread jgotan...@gmail.com
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Zak Elep wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:53 PM, jgotan...@gmail.com > wrote: > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Zak Elep wrote: > >> > >> Time to kick the asses of those "auditors" then :P > > > > LOL easier said than done. Compliance is a very powerful bus

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Zak Elep
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:53 PM, jgotan...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Zak Elep wrote: >> >> Time to kick the asses of those "auditors" then :P > > LOL easier said than done. Compliance is a very powerful business motivator. Pretty easy when you can demonstrate other busi

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Kenneth Oncinian
Hi Tad, I feel you when you said "compliance". Here i am using Kaspersky. It supports redhat workstations and can be deployed / administered remotely. (via satellite maybe) http://www.kaspersky.com/anti-virus_linux_workstation regards, Kenneth On 5/29/2013 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: > Hi PLUG

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Holden Hao
>> I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm >> based AV that can be deployed via Satellite? We spoke to AVG and they only >> support server, I know it doesn't make sense but compliance require us for >> vendor support. > > Curious as to why you need to run AV t

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread jgotan...@gmail.com
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Zak Elep wrote: > Time to kick the asses of those "auditors" then :P LOL easier said than done. Compliance is a very powerful business motivator. _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.lin

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Rudel Saldivar
Ah yeah compliance is PITA, :-) Anyway, ESET NOD32 looks like they have a client for Linux Desktop, support major Linux distro. http://www.eset.com/me/home/products/antivirus-linux/ -- -[ OpenSource, Open Ideas ]- On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Zak Elep wrote: > Time to kick the asses

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Thad Mailist
Hi Zak, Yup and I know it's doable. But it will takes a brave soul to explain that to process to "auditors". Zak Elep wrote: >On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: >> I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm >> based AV that can be deployed

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Zak Elep
Time to kick the asses of those "auditors" then :P On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: > Hi Zak, > > Yup and I know it's doable. But it will takes a brave soul to explain that to > process to "auditors". > > Zak Elep wrote: > >>On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wro

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread seekuel
Is it a company policy the auditors using or they have their own guidelines? On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Zak Elep wrote: > Time to kick the asses of those "auditors" then :P > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Thad Mailist > wrote: > > Hi Zak, > > > > Yup and I know it's doable. But it w

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Michael Tinsay
Will ClamAV suffice? From: Thad Mailist To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 13:46 Subject: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations Hi PLUG I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-29 Thread Ian Dexter R. Marquez
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: > I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm > based AV that can be deployed via Satellite? We spoke to AVG and they only > support server, I know it doesn't make sense but compliance require us for > vendor s

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-28 Thread Thad Mailist
Harish, Like what I said its "compliance" requirement otherwise I will choose Debian over Redhat :-) Harish Pillay wrote: >Tad - > >On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: >> Hi PLUG >> >> I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm >> based AV t

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-28 Thread Harish Pillay
Tad - On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: > Hi PLUG > > I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm > based AV that can be deployed via Satellite? We spoke to AVG and they only > support server, I know it doesn't make sense but compliance require

Re: [plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-28 Thread Zak Elep
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Thad Mailist wrote: > I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm > based AV that can be deployed via Satellite? We spoke to AVG and they only > support server, I know it doesn't make sense but compliance require us for > vendor s

[plug] AV for Redhat Workstations

2013-05-28 Thread Thad Mailist
Hi PLUG I have a big deployment of Red hat workstations. Any recommendation for rpm based AV that can be deployed via Satellite? We spoke to AVG and they only support server, I know it doesn't make sense but compliance require us for vendor support. Thanks, Tad ___