Antivirus as example of Physical Security?

[Cesar Bravo]

I saw one slide from Comptia official documentation that listed "Antivirus Software" as a example of Physical Security.
I never heard that before so I was wondering if any of you have seen that statement before.

 

[jlyon]

Can you show us your source? I have not

 

[Fanuel]

Have never heard that before, which book is that?

 

[Rick Butler]

I saw one slide from Comptia official documentation that listed "Antivirus Software" as a example of Physical Security.
I never heard that before so I was wondering if any of you have seen that statement before.

I would have a very difficult time even stretching that one to fit. By definition, a computer virus is a logical piece of code designed to infect files (also logical things) in order to propagate itself in a system. Even if you expand it out to anti-malware, everything that's done in the malware world is logical - and although it can have an effect on physical things, such as the operation of a server or network, it is, itself a logical thing.

So it stands to reason that anti-virus/malware also is logical.

Perhaps if you took physical means of controlling the propagation of malware, such as air-gapping systems (much like quarantining and isolating an infected patient), but that's probably the only way to make that fit, in my opinion.

 

[Mark Anthony Germanos]

If virus protection qualifies as physical security, we could argue firmware updates and SEIM log collecting also qualify. We have to draw the line somewhere.

 

[Cesar Bravo]

Thanks everyone!
I wanted to double check with all of you before sharing the feedback with Comptia.

 

[Hank Cox]

Thanks everyone!
I wanted to double check with all of you before sharing the feedback with Comptia.

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