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PRESS
RELEASE
Norman works for increased public understanding of IT
security threats
Press Release
Oslo, 13 October 2005 |
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Norman has joined Common
Malware Enumeration (CME), an international
organisation that works for common definitions of
new virus threats in order to reduce public
confusion during malware outbreaks.
CME consists of several security organisations who
aim to facilitate the adaptation of a shared,
neutral capability for malware.
- CME works to reduce the public’s confusion in
defining threats and malware incidents, to enhance
communication between antivirus vendors and to
improve communication and information sharing
between antivirus vendors and the rest of the
information security community. It is important for
Norman to participate in this cooperation and to
raise the common understanding and awareness of
information security risks, says VP marketing and
business development Audun Lødemel at Norman ASA.
Before CME was established, anti-virus vendors used
a variety of names and various designations for the
same outbreak. As a result, companies had a
difficult time staying coordinated with names for
all of the new viruses. The results were widespread
confusion, with members of the public having to
determine whether there is a single outbreak
underway, multiple outbreaks, or a new outbreak
altogether. Having to determine whether the
protection they have in place is effective against
current outbreak(s) also increases the public’s
burden further. This meant that during outbreaks,
network administrators had difficulty determining if
their networks and systems were protected because of
the variety of virus names that all referred to the
same threat(s).
- Norman’s strategy is to make the public aware of
the threats and dangers in the world of IT and to
help people get a better understanding of this.
Teaming up with CME will help us achieve this goal,
says Lødemel.
Norman has already started using the CME
classification when analysing virus. This happened
last week during the outbreak of Sober. You can read
more at http://www.norman.com/Virus/Virus_descriptions/24963/en
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