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Re: [Full-disclosure] Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds
- To: Tracy Reed <treed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nick FitzGerald <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds
- From: Digital X <digitalx00@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:48:05 -0600
> 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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