Actually they approved ClamAV for use in CI PL 4 & 5 since mid 2000s

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> On Jul 12, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Albrecht, Thomas C <thomas.c.albre...@lmco.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm hoping someone on this list can answer this question.  I work as a 
> defense contractor, and one (frustrating) requirement that we've had for 
> years is that we've had to install antivirus tools on our servers, no matter 
> the context or risk.  In addition, they had to be "DoD approved" AV tools, 
> which limited us to McAfee and Symantec.  Recently, a new draft guidance came 
> out for configuring RHEL7 servers, and they had an interesting change to 
> their policy.  We were given the option of having either McAfee AV or ClamAV 
> installed.
> 
> 
> 
> My question is whether anyone in the ClamAV community knows of any guidance 
> or changes in DoD policy that would have made ClamAV an approved AV client.  
> If we could find that supporting guidance that would have led the DoD to 
> change their configuration documentation, it would go a long way in letting 
> me get approval to rip out McAfee.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for any info you might have!
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Albrecht
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Tom Albrecht III, CISSP-ISSEP, GPEN
> 
> Cyber Architect, Lockheed Martin MST
> 
> thomas.c.albre...@lmco.com<mailto:thomas.c.albre...@lmco.com>
> 
> 610-906-4356 (mobile)
> 
> 
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