Guide to intrusion detection and prevention

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention
   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
   More Learning Resources

Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention

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• 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)
• Advice: What are the algorithms and encryption methods used in intrusion prevention systems? (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

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• 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: Briddging the gap between perimeter and host security (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: Battling worms with network-based IPS (SearchSecurity.com)

Wireless Intrusion Detection

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• 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

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• Article: The evolving art of networking self-defense (SearchNetworking.com)
• 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)
• Advice: Firewall placement (SearchNetworking.com)
• Webcast: Secrets to using IDS and IPS effectively (SearchSecurity.com)

Troubleshooting and False Positives

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• 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: Generic exploit blocking: A defense against malicious possibilities (SearchNetworking.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)
• Tutorial: Guide to penetration testing (SearchNetworking.com)

Snort and Other Sniffers

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• 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

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• 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

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• Article: New Cisco security strategy targets elusive threats (SearchNetworking.com)
• Article: A human connection to intrusion detection (SearchSecurity.com)
• Column: Linking security to the enterprise mission (SearchNetworking.com)
• Column: The 10 traits of effective security (SearchNetworking.com)
• Tip: Next-generation intrusion prevention: Defense before, during and after the attack (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: The future of network security: Intelligence behind IPS (SearchNetworking.com)
• Book Chapter: The future of intrusion detection and prevention (SearchSecurity.com)
• Presentation: Advanced intrustion defense (SearchSecurity.com)
• Featured Topic: Intrusion defense (SearchSecurity.com)

More Learning Resources

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• Firewall Resource Guide
• Guide to network performance management
• Guide to network administration
• Snort Technical Guide
• Learning Guide: Understanding Your Authentication Options
  

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