The rapid development of Internet applications has brought with it new challenges. In a world that is in constant pursuit of new innovative technologies that will replace almost every manual computerized process with an automatic one, hackers too are adopting similar methods. The goal of the hacker is to build tools which will also support automatic capabilities, using methods that will enable attacks and exploits to spread on their own (methods exploited by advanced worms for example). Hackers develop attack tools that integrate well with totally legitimate forms of communication, requiring a higher standard of detection and prevention on the part of the protection systems. These attacks exploit legitimate internet applications in order to establish hostile events, meaning that the difference between malicious and legitimate communication has become fuzzy. Sophisticated attacks try to hide behind the vagueness and ambiguity of the new, complex Internet environment. Avi Chesla, Radware’s Vice President, Security Products will examine the business implications these threats present, and overview the areas and mitigation methods organisations may consider applying. He will discuss how in ‘18 seconds or less’ Radware’s NSS approved and Award Winning DefensePro® provides organisations with comprehensive intrusion prevention, behavioral anomaly detection and Denial of Service (DoS) protection from a wide variety of known and unknown zero-day attacks. The DefensePro® is a scalable solution protecting against worms, viruses, pre-attack probes, server cracking, DoS and other threats. It proactively prevents both network- and server-based attacks while ensuring high performance for legitimate application traffic, even when under attack. 'Radware has done a good job…making this one of the best Attack Mitigator devices we have seen in our labs to date.' Bob Walder, NSS.