Savant Protection's malware software offers enhanced Linux desktop security to enterprise users by enabling a lockdown mode during everyday use. It has what Sternberg called a battleship mode to prevent new programs from being added.

The product, called "Savant," runs Linux in the equivalent of a white listing mode. Users can choose a blacklist analysis on demand. This white list approach keeps Linux systems clean 99 percent of the time, Sternberg said.

"There is no way to get rid of all the vulnerabilities or to make any OS perfectly safe. Accept the fact that there is no Nirvana. For hackers the the goal is maliciousness and money," he added.