I just got back from the Digital Bond SCADA Security Scientific Symposium (S4) where I presented on whitelisting. Whitelisting is the “hot new” host intrusion prevention system (HIPS) technology that some tout as the end of the anti-virus (AV) era. Anti-virus of course works by producing a “black list” of virus signatures. If data or a file matches a signature, the AV technology takes some sort of action to protect your system – anything from a popup alert to blocki << More >>