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I've worked with an organisation with the following rules.

A user wants to write an SQL query. The user writes it in notepad or whatever, and saves it in a .sql file. The user then will right click on this file they just created, and hit "Scan with McAfee antivirus". If the .sql file they just created comes up clean, they can then open it in SQL Manager and execute it. If they want to then adjust the query, they have to close the file and start over, running the scan again. People can and have been fired over getting lazy about that process.

There's a security consultant with a clipboard who firmly believes this improves security.



I facepalmed so hard my forehead hurts




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