Chapter 1. Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Overview

The latest technology to protect your network is known as an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). Unlike a traditional Intrusion Detection System (IDS), intrusion prevention technology enables you to stop intrusion traffic before it enters your network by placing the sensor as a forwarding device in the network. This chapter provides an overview of this technology and how you can use it to protect your ...

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