Snort Intrusion Detection and Prevention Guide

by JP Vossen

To paraphrase Bruce Schneier, banks do not depend solely on vaults to keep their assets safe; they also employ intrusion detection and response mechanisms in the form of alarms and guards. Your network, or more properly the data on it, is one of the most important assets your company has. You already protect it with a vault -- your firewall, and logical and physical network perimeter security. But if you don't have alarms (intrusion detection systems) and guards (incident response), you are not as secure as you could be.

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