Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

[Digital X <digitalx00 () gmail com>]

> PCI only requires antivirus for systems commonly affected by
> viruses. This means Windows. PCI security council has said that UN*X
> OSs etc. are not required to have antivirus.
>
> -- 
> Tracy Reed
> http://tracyreed.org

Just an FYI...if your nix devices are in scope, my last audit (4 weeks ago)
directed me to install A/V plus a rootkit finder on linux devices in scope.
Whitelisting is an alternative, but seems more a headache then A/V.  Hope
this helps someone somewhere.

James


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