Chapter 9. Deploying Network Intrusion Prevention

This chapter covers steps to deploy the third layer of defense in depth. This layer is called intrusion prevention.

This chapter addresses the following topics:

  • The Importance of Intrusion Prevention— This section describes why intrusion prevention is important and how it can add additional security to your network.

  • Deploying Intrusion Prevention— This section addresses how you can use ASDM to deploy intrusion prevention in your network.

As outlined in Chapter 2, “Principles of Network Defense,” intrusion prevention is a key component in the defense-in-depth strategy for protecting your network from Internet-based network attacks.

Chapter 7, “Deploying Authentication,” and Chapter 8, “Deploying ...

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