What Sensors Do
A sensor is a device that looks at traffic on the network and then makes a decision based on a set of rules to indicate whether that traffic is okay or whether it is malicious in some way. Because these are systems acting based on configured rules, no single system is ever 100 percent perfect. However, the objective is the same: to reduce the risk of malicious traffic, even though it cannot be completely eliminated.
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