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Network intrusion detection and prevention

Network intrusion detection and prevention

From the course: ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) (2024) Cert Prep

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Network intrusion detection and prevention

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- [Instructor] Intrusion detection and prevention systems play an extremely important role in the defensive networks against attackers and other security threats. Intrusion detection systems sit on the network and monitor traffic searching for signs of potentially malicious traffic. For example, an intrusion detection system might notice that a request bound for a web server contains a SQL injection attack. A malformed packet is attempting to create a denial of service. A user's login attempt seems unusual based upon the time of day and prior patterns. Or that a system on the internal network is attempting to contact a botnet command and control server. All of these situations are examples of security issues that administrators would obviously want to know about. Intrusion detection systems identify this type of situation, and then alert administrators to the issue for further investigation. In many cases, administrators are…

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