Zero-Day in the Cloud – Say It Ain’t So

By Steve Armstrong, Regional Sales Director, Bitglass

Zero-day vulnerabilities are computer or software security gaps that are unknown to the public – particularly to parties who would like to close said gaps, like the vendors of vulnerable software.

To many in the infosec community, the term “zero-day” is synonymous with the patching or updating of systems. Take, for example, the world of anti-malware vendors. There are those whose solutions utilize signatures or hashes to defend against threats. Their products ingest a piece of malware, run it through various systems, perhaps have a human analyze the file, and then write a signature.… Read More

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