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How to Defend Your Network from Sudden Zero-Day Attacks

Overview Most worms and viruses do their damage while they're still new and unrecognized by antivirus signature files. How do you defend your network against emerging and unknown malware threats and zero-day attacks? Download this Panda Software white paper, titled "Intelligent Security Against New Threats," to read about a new generation of endpoint security solutions known as Host-based Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS), which can automatically detect and block threats before protection updates are created.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Panda Software	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2008	Downloads	10
Format	White Papers
Topics	Firewalls, Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems

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