1. December 2007
by Andrew Jaquith, Enabling Technologies Enterprise, Compliance, Security and Risk Management Program Manager,
ajaquith@yankeegroup.com, 617-598-7351
Herd Intelligence Will Reshape the
Anti-Malware Landscape
The Bottom Line: Financially motivated malware is forcing anti-malware vendors to dramatically change strategies. By 2010,
vendors will largely abandon the signature-based technologies that have been the mainstay of the anti-virus
industry for 20 years.
Key Concepts: Herd intelligence, whitelisting, detection and response, anti-virus, anti-malware, metrics
Who Should Read: Enterprise CSOs, security vendor CEOs
Practice Leader: Zeus Kerrava