System backup and recovery

Network optimization

Centralized logging and analysis of security events

Software development

Reliance on signature updates

Incompatibility with cloud environments

High false positive rate

Inability to detect unknown attacks

To encrypt sensitive data on the network

To prevent all incoming network traffic

To detect known attack signatures

To analyze network traffic for abnormal patterns or behavior

To block all network traffic

To detect and prevent unauthorized access or malicious activities on a network

To encrypt network traffic

To monitor system performance

To analyze network traffic in real-time

To configure and manage the IDS/IPS devices and policies

To encrypt network traffic

To monitor user activity on the network

Application-based IDS

Host-based IDS

Network-based IDS

Internet-based IDS

Palo Alto Networks

Symantec

Snort

McAfee

There is no difference; both terms refer to the same security technology

An IDS only detects intrusions, while an IPS can both detect and prevent them

An IDS is used for outbound traffic monitoring, while an IPS is used for inbound traffic monitoring

An IDS is software-based, while an IPS is hardware-based