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The Nuts and Bolts about Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a computer security device that monitors network and/or system activities for malicious or unwanted behavior and can react, in real-time, to block or prevent those activities. It is an in-line device that scans traffic and, based on a set of rules, determines whether data packets are legitimate or malicious. […]

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Operations Security: Audit and Accountability

The accountability portion of security control refers to holding system users responsible for their actions by constantly monitoring all activities within the system. Consistently logging and auditing activities are ways that we monitor the system to ensure proper tracking of computer misuse. For example, as part of the auditing process, the following activities should be […]

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The myths about Intrusion Detection System (IDS)

Myth # 1 IDS can handle network attacks automatically No. IDS can only assist a human being to investigate and detect any potential network attack undergoing in the network. Its still relies on the network administrator to hande the suspicious incidents. Myth # 2 Network based IDS can effectively monitor all network traffic of the […]

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Intrusion Detection System – is it truly automatic?

Intrusion Detection System (IDS), as its name suggests, is used to detect network anomalies. It is nothing but a combination of software and hardware used to network and host monitoring. If you are a network administrator, and you have the habit of regularly checking your server log, workstation login details, and/or firewall access logs. Then you […]

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