Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) is an international software vulnerability initiative that was started in 2005 by TippingPoint, a division of 3Com. The program was acquired by Trend Micro as a part of the HP TippingPoint acquisition in 2015. ZDI buys various software vulnerabilities from independent security researchers, and then discloses these vulnerabilities to their original vendors for patching before making such information public. ZDI was started on July 25, 2005 by TippingPoint and was initially led by David Endler and Pedram Amini. The "zero-day" in ZDI's name refers to the first time, or Day Zero, when a vendor becomes aware of a vulnerability in a specific software. The program was launched to give cash rewards to software vulnerability researchers and hackers if they proved to find exploits in any variety of software. Due to lack of incentive and safety and confidentiality concerns, researchers and hackers are often deterred from approaching vendors when finding vulnerabilities in their software. ZDI was created as a third-party program to collect and incentivize finding such vulnerabilities, while protecting both the researchers and the sensitive information behind the vulnerabilities. More information...
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