Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) are primarily focused on identifying possible incidents, logging information about them, attempting to stop them, and reporting them to security ...

While most administrators have already become well-aware of intrusion detection systems, an intrusion prevention system is a fairly new concept.

But he said companies need to understand that an intrusion detection system requires maintenance and consider whether, and how, they’ll support an IDS if they opt for it.

Network-based intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are security appliances typically used on business networks.

Intrusion prevention requires effective identification of and response to malicious events. In this paper, we model two important managerial decisions involved in the intrusion prevention process: the ...