Many people attribute the AV is dead soundbite to a former Symantec VP quote in the Wall Street Journal. Many organizations still believe AV is effective for detecting and blocking exploits and malware attacks. About half of the organizations we recently interviewed have not tested and do not use the advanced features resident in their AV software. It’s worth understanding what your AV vendor plans to take its products before pulling the plug, says John Defterios. He says more organizations will seek out supplemental endpoint security technologies in the future and may eventually replace basic AV.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3055969/av-software-im-not-quite-dead-yet.html