Intrusion Prevention and Intrusion Detection Technologies
CSA is a Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS). The older technology, which previously attempted to prevent intrusions on network endpoints, is known as a Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS). This discussion starts by exploring the basics of each type of system.
HIDSs evolved out of Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDSs). A NIDS is a security technology deployed on network infrastructures that detects and alerts based on passively identifying active attacks. NIDS is an invaluable technology credited with saving enterprises from having to endure drastic outages due to active hacking attempts or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
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