An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a type of network security technology designed to automatically alert administrators when any suspicious activities such as the malicious activity or policy violations is discovered. Some IDS’s are capable of taking actions when malicious activity or anomalous traffic is detected, including blocking traffic. Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) is extended IDS solutions by adding the ability to block threats in addition to detecting them.

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