Study Recommends Mac OS X And FreeBSD As Safest OS's

KingFishKingFish
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
The most comprehensive study ever undertaken by the mi2g Intelligence Unit over 12 months reveals that the world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environment - operating system plus applications - is proving to be the Open Source platform of BSD (Berkley Software Distribution) and the Mac OS X based on Darwin.
The latest mi2g Intelligence Unit study analyses 235,907 successful digital breaches against permanently connected - 24/7 online - computers across the globe. The nearly quarter million digital breaches carried out by hackers span twelve months from November 2003 to October 2004. Global proliferation data from over 459 malware species since the start of 2004 has also been analysed. The sample of breached computing environments is holistic and possesses some anti-virus protection and basic security at the very least. It consists of micro entities - homes and small offices without a separate firewall unit; small entities - organisations with a turnover of below $7 million with a separate firewall unit; medium entities - organisations with a turnover between $7 million and $40 million with a separate firewall unit and basic intrusion detection; and large entities - organisations with a turnover in excess of $40 million with firewall layers, intrusion detection systems and dedicated computer security staff. In 2004, 32.7% of all digital breaches were carried out against micro entities including home-based individuals with 24/7 online computers; 58.8% of all digital breaches were against small entities; 6.1% of all digital breaches were against medium size entities; and only 2.5% of all digital breaches were against large entities - businesses, government agencies and non-government organisations inclusive.
Source: mi2g Intelligence Unit

Comments

  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Looks like I'm installing BSD...

    -drasnor :fold:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Are we sure that we're talking about FreeBSD and not OpenBSD? OpenBSD is one of the most secure OS' that a normal person can get.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Yeah, I just read the article, and I didn't see one mention of FreeBSD. I think they're talking about OpenBSD.
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited November 2004
    There's only one virus that sometimes haunts a MAC. One of the main reasons there aren't more...script kiddies and virus writers can't be bothered as Windows machines outnumber MACs to the power of 10.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited November 2004
    I believe you're right prime. I read OpenBSD and thought FreeBSD when I wrote the headline. :wtf: Apologies for any confusion it caused. I was also surprised at how poorly linux fared.

    KingFish
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