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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1111573" data-attributes="member: 114717">Trialing WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection and EDR. Who knows if it will last. Asked WithSecure support if they are going to transition to GenDigital owned components (e.g. Avira), but no response.Just a FYI, when a security or other software publisher makes changes to their products, within regulated industries those using those software are required to perform a risk assessment and impact analysis. That cannot be done when vendors refuse to provide details of changes. That means the company has a choice - either do not do the risk assessment and fulfill their regulatory and contractual obligations of cyber hygiene, or else drop the product. Software publisher&#039;s that support an industry generally know what is required of their subscribers and assists them to the extent necessary that they can fulfill their regulatory obligations - because this usually means that the subscriber will not drop the product. In the case of F-Secure and WithSecure, they just are not part of the program. They don&#039;t want to support their regulated subscribers. It is more important to them to keep their product changes a secret.Some companies administratively ban GenDigital products for a range of legitimate reasons.Sooner or later, the U.S. Government is going to go after GenDigital for Anti-Trust behaviors. GenDigital is becoming the Standard Oil of the antivirus - internet security suite industry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1111573, member: 114717"] Trialing WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection and EDR. Who knows if it will last. Asked WithSecure support if they are going to transition to GenDigital owned components (e.g. Avira), but no response. Just a FYI, when a security or other software publisher makes changes to their products, within regulated industries those using those software are required to perform a risk assessment and impact analysis. That cannot be done when vendors refuse to provide details of changes. That means the company has a choice - either do not do the risk assessment and fulfill their regulatory and contractual obligations of cyber hygiene, or else drop the product. Software publisher's that support an industry generally know what is required of their subscribers and assists them to the extent necessary that they can fulfill their regulatory obligations - because this usually means that the subscriber will not drop the product. In the case of F-Secure and WithSecure, they just are not part of the program. They don't want to support their regulated subscribers. It is more important to them to keep their product changes a secret. Some companies administratively ban GenDigital products for a range of legitimate reasons. Sooner or later, the U.S. Government is going to go after GenDigital for Anti-Trust behaviors. GenDigital is becoming the Standard Oil of the antivirus - internet security suite industry. [/QUOTE]

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