I disagree, Sophos had a central management console from an NT/2k/XP machine. When I was researching it over 2 years ago, it was indeed one of the most efficient and powerful at the time.
Sophos has had a new development since, I think its called Enterprise Manager. So it seems even if I havent evaluated AV products in a while, Sophos has had a central management product for a very long time, and a darn good one at that. To answer the original question, I am a big fan of Symantec's and Sophos of late, but a multi-tier attack against AV is now becoming common place. However you choose to deploy it, a good admin is far better than a neglected but good AV scanner. regards ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:06 AM Subject: Re: Anit-Virus Software > > Cost is probably going to be a factor. Mcafee has a product in addition to > VirusScan that you can use to manage all hosts from a single console. It's > E-Policy Orchestrator. I don't believe Sophos has anything except > reporting. Not sure about Trend Micro. If you want to be adventurous, you > can manage it all through scripting. > > Regards, > =========================================== > Justin Andrusk > Information Security > Progressive Insurance > Phone : 440-395-0630 > =========================================== > > > > |---------+---------------------------> > | | "John Roberts" | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | p.com> | > | | | > | | 08/05/2003 03:28| > | | PM | > | | Please respond | > | | to roberts | > | | | > |---------+---------------------------> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------| > | | > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | cc: | > | Subject: Anit-Virus Software | > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------| > > > > > I need to set up some anti-virus software for our company. We have > about 15 people running windows, a windows 2003 file server and possibly > and exchange server, and over the next two years we will grow to around > 100 employees. Basically, I want virus software that I can manage from > one console, and will do a good job of finding viruses. I'd prefer to > have the file server and exchange server be able to be managed by the > same console, but if not I can live with it. I've been looking at > Norton and Panda, but am looking for some real world opinions. > > John roberts > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
