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Part III. Mitigating and Controlling Thr... > Chapter 15. Cisco IPS/IDS Fundamenta...
Chapter 15. Cisco IPS/IDS Fundamentals
This chapter covers the following subjects:
• Identifying malicious traffic on the network
• Monitoring and managing alarms and alerts
Cisco intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are some of many systems used as part of a defense-in-depth approach to protecting the network against malicious traffic. Cisco has many different platforms and options for implementing an IPS/IDS system, but the basic concepts apply across all of these platforms. This chapter focuses on the concepts of IPS/IDS in general, and then the next chapter examines the implementation of IPS/IDS as a software-based IOS solution.
