nips

September 14, 2015

SECURITY

Anomaly vs Vulnerability Detection Using Cisco IPS

2 min read

The Cisco IPS network based intrusion prevention system (NIPS) uses signatures to detect network-based attacks. Signatures can be created in a variety of engines based on the type of network traffic being inspected. Cisco signatures have very flexible configurations. In this blog post, I will discuss the trade-offs between two basic approaches for signature configuration: […]