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After cybersecurity lab wouldn’t use AV software, US accuses Georgia Tech of fraud
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2024
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I think the security researcher has a valid point.
In a secure environment you don't want random things running in memory, sending samples to third parties.
Would a static virus scanner run periodically on the volume itself been sufficient? If yes, then the researcher was being unreasonable.
That's a real roller coaster ride of a journey. Thanks for sharing it. Glad you got some bonus hardware out of it.
Totally reasonable to not do a dumb thing if you have no contractual obligation to do the dumb thing.
Sadly they had that obligation, so they have to weigh the cost of doing the dumb thing with the cost of breaching contract.