In the unforgiving security market, McAfee’s gaff is seen as an opportunity to pounce. Systems went off line resulting in lost productivity for users and major firefighting for IT. Security is an endless cat-and-mouse game. The objective of endpoint security is to find places where the bad guys hide. This is an extremely difficult task as cybercriminals are constantly looking for all of the dark alleys in Windows, IE, Adobe, etc. A similar incident could happen to any security firm — or software vendor — at any time.”]
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