Disarm: File Factory

Customer files roll in on a conveyor belt: spreadsheets with macros, PDFs with scripts, archives inside archives, images hiding data. You run the line that makes them safe. Place parsers, filters, transformers and packagers; draw belts between them; deliver clean files and get paid. The catch is the real dilemma of content disarm and reconstruction: clean too hard and the file breaks, the customer refuses to pay. Go easy and malware slips through, and a breach costs you triple. Every customer wants something different. The accountant needs formulas kept. The law firm needs text intact. The design agency pays for image quality. The software house keeps its scripts, because they are source code. The bank wants zero active content, and the forensics lab will not accept a single altered pixel. • Five sites, from a small office to a data center, each with its own grid and tools • 17…