With auto shutdown servers how do you deal with zero day exploits?

Mitchell, Clayton 0 Reputation points
2023-03-20T16:26:35.9933333+00:00

With auto shutdown servers how do you deal with Viruses or Zero-Day Exploit?

Hypothetical example of Infection Timeline with VM that gets auto shutdown:

  1. Auto shut down VM server at 6:00PM
  2. Virus or Zero-Day Exploit comes out at 8:00PM. AV vendors release signature update to detect at 1:00PM.
  3. Server auto starts at 6:00AM and gets virus immediately because it wasnt updated (as it was off).

Bascially what I am trying to say is what good is auto shutdown for VMs if your server gets infected the minute it powers back on?

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