tion has been compromised can cost companies millions of dollars in damages and legal fees responding to lawsuits, and from harm to a company's reputation. In past years, organizations have screened traffic for known viruses. This is no longer as effective as other strategies because of the tens of thousands of known viruses. Newer security software is able to differentiate a list of applications and bitstreams from new, unrecognized data streams. The security software quarantines unrecognized traffic until security staff determines whether the streams contain viruses or are permitted traffic. Never-before-seen attacks are known as zero day attacks. As extra protection, large organizations often have their broadband provider screen known (zero list) viruses and the enterprises inspect and quarantine the whitelist of unrecognized bit patterns that may contain viruses. Responding to an Attack To limit damage from malware, organizations use security software to monitor all incoming and outgoing traffic. Security software is able to issue alerts to www.TechnicalPDF.com specified telephone or mobile numbers, or send e-mails to security staff. Once alerted, staff can take action against the attack. For example, infected computers and servers can be taken offline until the malware is erased from all hard drives and disks connected to it. Many organizations use Intrusion Detection System (IDS) software or devices to monitor traffic and attempt to block Distributed Denial of Service attacks of millions messages meant to block legitimate incoming traffic. These systems monitor packets for malware and report them. Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDPS) attempt to stop these attacks as well as identify and report them. Often these types of software can divert the attacking bits to a part of the LAN separated from legitimate servers and computers. However, this is one of the most difficult breaches to protect against as automated bots, short for robots, are programmed to send millions of simultaneous stri