There is some confusion in the marketplace about intrusion-security systems. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) have similar names. Indeed, market analysts tend to lump them together into a single security category – IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention). Even IDS vendors are blurring the lines, claiming to provide both intrusion detection and prevention.

The truth is: the capabilities and underlying design of intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems couldn't be more different. Yes, the acronyms and product claims sound similar. However, if you probe a little deeper and ask a few basic but important questions, you'll soon discover that only one approach to network security can block a wide variety of security attacks throughout your network without slowing down your network applications or devouring human IT resources.

Read this whitepaper to learn about the important differences between IDS and IPS solutions.