This opinion piece is receiving coverage in a number of publications and has ignited the debate about just how effective anti-virus is today and why File Integrity Monitoring is now essential.
Whether due to complacency or naivety, the vast majority of organizations have failed to adapt security processes and procedures to reflect the changing threat landscape. For the vast majority of organizations Anti-Virus (AV) software, along with its Firewall side-kick, has been the standard weapon against Internet-borne threats for the past two decades. But in a changing threat landscape, AV is fast beginning to look past its sell-by date.
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