049. James Mckinlay: Why I turned antivirus off!

Is your antivirus working for you? It wasn't for James Mckinlay, the Group Information Security Officer at Barbican Insurance, so he made the controversial decision to switch it off! James discusses why he made this decision and infrastructure he built to replace it. Key points: 1'18 The decision to turn off antivirus 2'35 Alternatives to antivirus 4'10 Application whitelisting 13'28 Cyber Essentials 16'53 To patch or not to patch 23'00 Other things we turned off 34'50 Not everyone should switch their antivirus off! Download on iTunes: apple.co/2Ji61Ek Listening time: 40 minutes Hosted by: Holly Grace Williams | Technical Director at Secarma Guest: James Mckinlay | Group Information Security Officer at Barbican Insurance