Securing Your Business with Cisco ASA and PIX Firewalls

Chapter 10. Deploying Host Intrusion Prevention

This chapter addresses the following topics regarding host intrusion prevention software:

• The Importance of Host Intrusion Prevention Software— This section describes the layers of defense that we have already deployed and underscores the importance of installing host intrusion prevention software to ensure that your network is fully secured. The model used for this book is the Cisco host intrusion prevention software called the Cisco Security Agent.

• CSA Internals— This section will help you understand how CSA works, what components in your host or server are affected, and how CSA goes about recognizing and stopping a computer attack.

• CSA Deployment— This portion provides you with a high-level ...