Antivirus as example of Physical Security?

Rick Butler

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  • Aug 8, 2019
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    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.
     

    Hank Cox

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    Thanks everyone!
    I wanted to double check with all of you before sharing the feedback with Comptia.
    Thanks for reporting this to CompTIA!
    I've noticed some errors in the content, however I don't know how to get them fixed.
    Did you get a reply from CompTIA, and have they corrected the content?