Anti-Virus Software Comparison
Today, the majority of American households operate a network of devices connected to the Internet, including computers, laptops, gaming devices, TVs, tablets, and smart phones that access wireless networks. In order to best protect these networks from viruses, malware, and intrusions, homeowners need to install and configure the right tools to provide confidence that family members can access the Internet safely and securely. This paper performs a product analysis on two competing vendors of internet security suites in order to offer a description of their services, examine the price to purchase and install their system, and discover the best suited market for these products as researched and evaluated using the
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I chose these two products as they both provide a comprehensive home network protection system against anti-virus, anti-phishing, safe browsing, intrusion prevention, and firewall capabilities. Laudon and Laudon point out,
Firewalls prevent unauthorized users from accessing a private network when it is linked to the Internet. Intrusion detection systems monitor private networks from suspicious network traffic and attempts to access corporate systems. Passwords, tokens, smart cards, and biometric authentication are used to authenticate system users. Antivirus software checks computer systems for infections by viruses and worms and often eliminates the malicious software, while antispyware software combats intrusive and harmful spyware programs (Laudon and Laudon, 2009, p.260)
As both products offer a multi-layered defense against these common network vulnerabilities, I felt their ease of installation, simple configuration and holistic approach would be the easiest and most thorough protection for an average homeowner
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Each provides website ratings, firewalls and fast scanning, and was rated comparably high in independent tests and reviews completed by PC Advisors in their 2013 anti-virus reviews. While these products are ideal for home networks, they are not suitable for business, or organizations. Small business antivirus software is normally priced upon on a per-user license, and offers business owners additional features such as the ability to install and manage all installations from a central location and increased scalability. In the independent test by PC Advisors, both systems blocked 94.4 percent of the attacks; however McAfee was more effective at cleansing known malicious code. As I personally own three computers in my home, the cost advantage of $59.99 versus $69.99, the improved cleansing capability, and similar operating features of the two systems makes my personal preference McAfee’s Internet Security 2013 Suite over Internet Security 2013 Security
For this, a product from a company known for its networking security products is selected. Choosing this device means that there is plenty of support for the firewall, and it should stay up to date on various attack strategies. The device is the Cisco ASA 5510. This device is a tried and tested Intrusion Prevention System. It offers much throughput from the ISP while still actively protecting the network (broadbandbuyer.co.uk, 2015). There are other firewall companies that have good reviews such as Barracuda and Dell, but Cisco products have always stood
Rob Pettigrew is the manager of technical systems and help desk center of Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming. Protecting networks are getting harder as there are different types of devices being used by companies. An example of this is Wyoming Medical Center has four different classifications of PCs, PCs in the hallways for the staff to use, PCs at the nursing stations, PCs in offices, and PCs on that move between patient rooms. Pettigrew deployed Novell ZenWorks to 850 of the medical centers 900 PCs to ensure each one has the right software. With having multiple applications, medical software systems, and the different machine types, and restrictions make it difficult for Pettigrew to ensure proper protection for the network. Another concern is the
6) How does the use of border, internal, and host firewalls provide defense in depth?
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2016 for each PC’s and the servers. This virus program is a looking good performing and fighting with the
MAC address filtering will allow the servers to accept incoming traffic from predetermined hosts. To further secure the local area network, the network security team will be implementing the principle of least privilege in regards to the users. By using the principle of least privilege we will be preventing multiple forms of malicious or accidental risks by only giving the user the permissions and privileges necessary to complete their job. Microsoft’s default security software is commonly used and well known making the vulnerabilities well known, which would make it easier for a hacker to plan out an attack. Third party antivirus\malware and firewall software will be used on all machines. The servers located within the network will make use of a statefull firewall to monitor and filter all traffic on the network by scanning for congruence between data packets.
* Assist in planning new software installation for security and any new routers and switches
You have to decide which of these is going to actually save you money. I have provided a comparison of each and then you can decide, which will save you the most.
Which he can update on my computer because he purchases multiple licenses. If I were working as a paralegal and, my boss asked me to look into our current antivirus software. I would first see if there was anything I could do to add more protection to the law firms’ computers by comparing the different ways each antivirus protects the computer. I would then compare it to the software we currently have and determine if we should switch. If we were currently using Norton and I looked up Bitdefender I would choose to switch to Bitdefender due to the fact that with Bitdefender it provides device anti-theft. This allows you to wipe, lock or even locate a stolen computer from any internet connected device you have. With working at a law firm I believe this is very important in case someone that quits or, has a reason to try and steal information from your law firm you can stop it right away. So in conclusion, even though I found the Norton antivirus website to be more helpful, I believe that from the comparison of the two antiviruses I would choose to use Bitdefender instead on
Provides multi layered security: Security starts from physical layer from protecting against ARP Cache, intruders, vandals and thieves. Physical security is provided based on the needs, maintenance
What is the source IP address of the Cisco Security Appliance device (refer to page 6 of the pdf report)? 192.168.0.1
Protect America offers five different security packages with varying degrees of included equipment and monitoring services. Their packages start at $19.99 a month and they offer a price match
The growing number of cyber security threats has brought about a proliferation of businesses offering various forms of network protection solutions. This may
The company’s product line includes: data protection, email and web security, endpoint protection, mobile security, network security, risk and compliance, Security-as-a-Service (SaaS), and security management. Industry leading products include: McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint, McAfee Network Security Platform and McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management.
Robert Vamosi, in his March 1, 2004 article “Antivirus software must be free, Here’s why,” argues that antivirus software companies should provide their software free to consumers. As bold as it sounds, it is intended to make the internet safer. The reason he states is that millions of PCs worldwide still do not have basic antivirus protection, and thus are susceptible to infection as a result of increase software costs. He states that antivirus software companies will still make profits and their user base will increase by issuing the most basic form of antivirus software (Vamosi, 2004). The responsibility will then be placed on the end user. Ultimately, this distribution of software would help in decreasing the virus threat.
First, I want to describe who the subjects of the issue are. In my opinion, the issue is the most relevant for the private and commercial information. Home users risk their security while connected to