A Practical Guide to Enterprise Antivirus and Malware Prevention

What can an IT person working on a private, but interconnected, network do to prevent against an influx of 'malcontented software' which causes most other IT work to come to a halt while each new outbreak is contained and eradicated? The answer lies in 'defense in depth' a military term that means you deploy your defenses in a pattern so you have more than one chance to stop the enemy. This paper describes several common practices which when implemented together will greatly decrease and perhaps almost stop this undesirable traffic.