If your coffee filter had holes the size of Luxembourg, and also a side access door with a combination lock with password "1234"... sure. You don't need AV, it doesn't work and makes new problems.
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You've lost me, where does code auditing fit in? Here's what I think you're using AV for: Your users download and run random stuff or run attachments. Antivirus does not make that safe. If that's not what you're using it for, then you're just adding attack surface.
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Arguing against AV is like arguing in favor of the pull out method because a condom can break.
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I don't get it, condoms are remarkably effective but Antivirus isn't effective at all. Isn't it more like the exact opposite, arguing for ineffective techniques because there's a non-zero chance it might work, even though you're adding serious risk?
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Condoms also took a few hundred years of R&D to become effective and not increase risk. So, just because AV isn’t there yet, it is invalid? Just because it has flaws, there is no value at all?
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Along those years of research, we explored a lot dead ends, ideas that didn't pan out. There is no way to make the idea "lets blacklist items from an infinite set" work, but we can make whitelisting work.
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Maybe defense ops maturity is a factor also. Does Tavis need AV in his Google Beyondcorp environment? Probably not. Do many of us need it to protect environments full of legacy and security compromises? Yes. At least maybe. Big difference in which AV also.
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No, it's the exact opposite. If you're relying on blacklisting, you better have a world class defense team, because your network is ripe for the picking. Anyone who knows how to program can takeover your fleet, right? If you've deployed whitelisting, you can make do with less.
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