Re: Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution?

["Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () PIMA EDU>]

(1) SunBelt CounterSpy Enterprise
(2) Pretty good effectiveness
(3) Awesome. $1/computer; so it was $5,000 for 5,000 computers
 
(4) CounterSpy has been a bit of a rough road. When we started using it
last summer, it was a bit buggy and not robust enough to handle 5,000
computers. The developers were very responsive, however, and got things
working in a reasonable time frame. Meanwhile, the reporting features
are not that great -- it can be quite difficult to really stay on top of
everything that is going on.
 
 Overall, this software has been an enormous boon for us. We have found
everything from attempts to put key loggers on testing computers to
hordes of remote control tools. I can't imagine *not* having a solution
like this in place, the sheer amount of compromises this finds/prevents
on a daily basis is staggering.

 Today, spyware ought to be viewed no differently from viruses. Just as
not having a virus protection infrastructure would land an IT shop in
big trouble, I think the same will be true for anti-spyware.  

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Brian Basgen
IT Systems Architect, Security
Pima Community College




 


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        From: Tim Lane [mailto:tlane () SCU EDU AU] 
        Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:08 PM
        To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
        Subject: [SECURITY] Anyone Deployed a Spyware Solution?
        
        
        Hi,
        
        just wondering if anyone has deployed a commercial, enterprise
based spyware specific solution under a client server arrangement for
Windows desktops? 
        
        If so I would be interested in:
        
        (1) The solution name
        (2) How effective the solution is 
        (3) How much it cost
        (4) Pros and Cons of the solution
        (5) Any other relevant feedback
        
        I would also be interested in hearing from other institutions
that are currently considering investing in a commercial enterprise
based spyware solution.
        
        Thanks very much,
        
        Tim Lane
        
        

        Tim Lane
        Information Security Program Manager
        
        Information Technology and Telecommunication Services
        Southern Cross University
        PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480
        
        (02 6620 3290   7              02 6620 3033   - tlane () scu edu au
        8 http://www.scu.edu.au <http://www.scu.edu.au>