The ZDI will additionally benefit computer users, computer technology vendors, businesses and the security community alike:
- It ensures responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities, giving affected vendors the opportunity to issue solutions/patches to end users
- By giving advance notice to other security vendors, their customers may receive quicker and more effective protection responses from those vendors
- It makes the general Internet and technology community safer for computer users
- It gives participating security researchers the positive recognition they desire
- It gives TippingPoint the ability to provide customers with zero-day protection