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by majewsky 2142 days ago
My guess/fear is that most AV software gets deployed because some insurance policy requires you to tick that box.
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A lot of this stuff (AV software) is getting deployed at all different layers of the environment. Firewalls are getting better at dynamic file analysis and file blocking, the endpoints are loaded with user behavior/analytics, av and dlp tools. AV is so omnipresent because it's in a decent amount netsec appliances these companies stand up