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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
IDS/IPS Architecture
Wireless Intrusion Detection
IDS/IPS Implementation and Placement
Troubleshooting and False Positives
Snort and Other Sniffers
Product Reviews and Buying Advice
The Future of Intrusion Detection and Prevention
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| Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems | Return to Table of Contents |
- Glossary Definition: Intrusion detection (SearchNetworking.com)
- Glossary Definition: Intrusion prevention (SearchNetworking.com)
- Tip: Intrusion detection basics (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Common security measures (SearchNetworking.com)
- Quiz: Intrusion detection and prevention systems (SearchSecurity.com)
- Quiz: Intrusion-prevention systems (SearchSecurity.com)
- Advice: The ABCs of intrusion detection (SearchSecurity.com)
- Advice: How do intrusion detection systems work? (SearchNetworking.com)
- Book Chapter: The Tao of Network Security Monitoring, Beyond Intrusion Detection, Chapter 11 (SearchNetworking.com)
- Featured Topic: IDS best practices (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tutorial: A walk-through of an attack (SearchNetworking.com)
- Webcast: Five steps to IDS success (SearchSecurity.com)
| IDS/IPS Architecture | Return to Table of Contents |
- Article: Hybrid honeypots 'shadow' intrusion prevention systems (SearchSecurity.com)
- Article: Signature-based threats: Moving beyond 'picking off penguins' (SearchSecurity.com)
- Column: The preconditions for next-generation security (SearchNetworking.com)
- Tip: IDS: Signature versus anomaly detection (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Bridging the gap between perimeter and host security (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Battling worms with network-based IPS (SearchSecurity.com)
| Wireless Intrusion Detection | Return to Table of Contents |
- Tip: Beyond wireless intrusion detection (SearchNetworking.com)
- Tip: Wireless LAN intrusion detection (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Managing Wi-Fi stations (SearchNetworking.com)
- Tip: Why distributed wireless IDS is needed (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Signs of WLAN intrusion (SearchNetworking.com)
- Q&A: Wireless IDS, a crucial part of your security strategy (SearchSecurity.com)
- Review: AirMagnet Enterprise 5.0 steps up wireless IDS (SearchSecurity.com)
| IDS/IPS Implementation and Placement | Return to Table of Contents |
- Q&A: Tips for maximizing the effectiveness of IDS/IPS (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Maximizing IDS/IPS implementations (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Evaluating and tuning an intrusion detection system (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Where to place IDS sensors (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Troubleshooting firewalls (SearchNetworking.com)
- Advice: Implementing IDS in small- to medium-sized businesses (SearchSecurity.com)
- Webcast: Secrets to using IDS and IPS effectively (SearchSecurity.com)
| Troubleshooting and False Positives | Return to Table of Contents |
- Glossary Definition: False positive (SearchNetworking.com)
- Article: New semantics-aware IDS reduces false positives (SearchSecurity.com)
- Q&A: Tips for maximizing the effectiveness of IDS/IPS (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: How to limit false positives in IPSes (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Target-based IDS muffles the noise to take aim on the alerts that count (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tutorial: A walk-through of an attack (SearchNetworking.com)
| Snort and Other Sniffers | Return to Table of Contents |
- Glossary Definition: Snort (SearchSecurity.com)
- Glossary Definition: Sniffer (SearchNetworking.com)
- Article: Sniffer spinoff: Sign of weakness or opportunity? (SearchNetworking.com)
- Article: Sourcefire offers Snort certification and online training (SearchSecurity.com)
- Article: Sniffer update has a nose for data capture (SearchNetworking.com)
- Advice: What is a sniffer? (SearchNetworking.com)
- Advice: What's the difference between packet "sniffers" and protocol analyzers? (SearchNetworking.com)
- Tip: How to determine how many interfaces a sensor needs (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: What OS to use for Snort sensors (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: How to deal with switches and segments (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Why Snort makes IDS worth the time and effort (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: How to verify that Snort is operating (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: How to automatically update Snort rules (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: Where to find Snort rules (SearchSecurity.com)
- Tip: How to decipher the Oinkcode (SearchSecurity.com)
| Product Reviews and Buying Advice | Return to Table of Contents |
- Review: Enterasys's Dynamic Intrusion Response is a 'hot' IPS (SearchSecurity.com)
- Review: Tripwire Enterprise provides robust, intrusion reporting (SearchSecurity.com)
- Review: AirMagnet Enterprise 5.0 steps up wireless IDS (SearchSecurity.com)
- Review: Products of the Year: Intrusion detection systems (SearchSecurity.com)
- Review: Products of the Year: Intrusion prevention systems (SearchSecurity.com)
- Review: Sentivist IPS (SearchSecurity.com)
- Article: Open-source IPS testing tool released (SearchSecurity.com)
- Advice: Choosing the 'hottest' IPS on the market (SearchSecurity.com)
| The Future of Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Return to Table of Contents |
- Article: A human connection to intrusion detection (SearchSecurity.com)
- Article: Will intrusion prevention ever live up to its promise? (Information Security magazine)
- Tip: Next-generation intrusion prevention: Defense before, during and after the attack (SearchSecurity.com)
- Book Chapter: The future of intrusion detection and prevention (SearchSecurity.com)
- Presentation: Advanced intrusion defense (SearchSecurity.com)
- Featured Topic: Intrusion defense (SearchSecurity.com)
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This was first published in October 2005