Companies adapt to a zero day world

Companies adapt to a zero day world
Deborah Radcliff, SecurityFocus 2004-07-13

Financial institutions with critical systems and cash on the line are reorganizing to deal with the closing gap between the hole and the patch.

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-13
Anonymous

"We believe zero day vulnerabilities are imminent."

That is classic! ...

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-14
Anonymous

Just a small correction: AFAIK the IIS servers were compromized using a well know exploit, for which the patch were available. The zero day exploit was on the user part....

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-14
Anonymous

What is this about? Patching is now a defense against zero-days - isn't it kinda silly? Zero day implies there is no patch......

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-16
Anonymous (3 replies)

A wild imagination...

What if, a big bank like BofA or Citibank, throws up its hands in despair, and says, " We have had enough of computers. No more ATMs. It is back to the old days of personalised services. We are HIRING" ????

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-23
Anonymous

(Slap) Wake up from your pipe dream....

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-24
Anonymous

or they simply change their platform to buy even more time?...

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-24
Anonymous

Luckily I still use a small bank that does that. LOL!...

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Companies adapt to a zero day world 2004-07-23
Anonymous

"What is this about? Patching is now a defense against zero-days - isn't it kinda silly? Zero day implies there is no patch..."

I think the point of the artical is that patching is no longer fully effective and that we need to look to other methods of protection. We need a layered approch to secu...

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