Intrusion Prevention and Detection Systems
Christopher Day, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
With the increasing importance of information systems in today’s complex and global economy, it has become mission and business critical to defend those information systems from attack and compromise by any number of adversaries. Intrusion prevention and detection systems are critical components in the defender’s arsenal and take on a number of different forms. Formally, intrusion detection systems (IDS) can be defined as “software or hardware systems that automate the process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network, analyzing them for signs of security problems” [1]. Intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are those that ...
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