Zero-day Attack

Zero day attacks can devastate a network. These are the attacks that target application vulnerabilities that are unknown to the application's creators and for which no patch yet exists. By exploiting these vulnerabilities, attackers can enter your network to execute code. In the worst case, an attacker can exploit these flaws to gain complete control of a victim's computer.

To be protected from malicious zero day threats, you must have proactive zero day defenses already in place when the attack is launched. You get this critical level of protection with the Firebox® X family of Unified Threat Management security appliances.

What "Zero Day" is All About

There's a lot of buzz in the security industry about "Zero Day" attack protection, but vendors differ substantially in the protection they really provide.

• Zero Day threats are new or unknown attacks for which a patch or signature has not been written
• Zero Day protection, therefore, means being protected against a new and unknown threat before the vulnerability is discovered and the exploit is created and launched.