CATEGORY: Intrusion Detection and Prevention

The following are the most common detection methodologies: Signature-Based Detection Signature-based detection is certainly more along the lines of ID than firewalls, though many personal firewalls and certain business firewalls include this functionality. Basically, the computer system can be configured to look for particular patterns, flag them as malicious, and block the traffic. This is […]

IDS Intrusion Detection system is a system for monitoring a computer network, to determine whether or not an attack is in place. It does not avoid the attacks from reaching the different resources (though there are certain choices to configure it to send RST packets on certain platforms). IDS does not receive the traffic, from […]

An advanced version of Intrusion Detection Systems is Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS). Intrusion Prevention Systems are making their marks in the IT industry, reaching a new phase in network security. An IPS has the capability to spot attacks, both identified and unidentified, and void the attacks from being effective. Mostly, an IPS is a firewall […]

Today, there is no question that Internet security is a vital aspect of ensuring that a business is secured against malicious attacks. Once a system goes online, it becomes vulnerable to attacks. The solutions to most attacks are modest enough that they are easily ignored. Indeed, a solution could be installing security software such as […]