Zero day attacks:
Ready to strike at any time
What is a zero day attack? A new, previously unknown vulnerability in a computer system or program, caused by a bug, system glitch or design error.
Zero-day attacks play a major role in data breaches and ransomware attacks.
Because traditional signature-based detection methods miss these threats, zero day attacks can continue for months or years without being discovered.
Zero day attacks are used for a variety of exploits, including:
- Installing malicious programs such as ransomware or spyware
- Taking control of computers remotely
- Stealing or tampering with data
- Creating backdoor access to networks without a password
The most effective defense against these exploits is
advanced threat detection via cloud-based sandboxing
Includes ESET LiveGuard Advanced cloud sandboxing technology
ESET PROTECT Complete
ESET LiveGuard Advanced detects and blocks zero day attacks before they can execute by analyzing new files in a cloud sandbox. This technology identifies the file’s true purpose while keeping it quarantined.
Based on this, the file will either be released or deleted within minutes.
Your organization is protected as soon as the file is submitted. Malicious programs never reach your users, network or endpoints.
- Advanced Threat Defense
- Full Disk Encryption
- Modern Endpoint Protection
- Vulnerability & Patch Management
- Console
- Server Security
- Mail Security
- Cloud App Protection
Starting at $270.80 for 5 devices*
ESET LiveGuard Advanced features include:
Ransomware and zero-day attack detection
Detect new, never-before-seen types of threats. ESET utilizes several different machine learning models once a file is submitted.
Granular reports
An admin can create a report from ESET LiveGuard Advanced data in the ESET PROTECT console. They can either use one of the pre-defined reports or make a custom one.
Transparent, full visibility
Every analyzed sample status is visible in the ESET PROTECT console, showing data sent to ESET LiveGrid®. For privacy, you can also require immediate post-analysis deletion of samples.
Mobility
Nowadays, employees often do not work on the premises. Our advanced threat defense analyzes files no matter where users are.
Automatic protection
The endpoint or server product automatically decides whether a sample is good, bad or unknown.
Proactive protection
If a sample is found to be suspicious, it is blocked from executing, pending analysis by ESET LiveGuard Advanced. Upon detection, all endpoints in the network are protected within minutes.
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