IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Safeguard Catalogue - Organisation Remarks
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reduced when purchasing multiple licences of the commonly used, suitable
computer virus scanning programs, it is advisable to give consideration to
fully equipping all servers and terminals.
Additional controls:
- Have computer viruses occurred in the past? What damage did they cause
(financial losses, loss of working time, ...)?
- Is the decision about the commitment of resources for computer virus
protection taken by management?
- Is there assurance that consideration will be given to adaptation of the
computer virus protection strategy when changes are made to the IT
environment?
- Have the disadvantages associated with the chosen strategy been made
plain to IT security management?
- Will the resultant residual risks be covered?
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000