8 questions to ask about your intrusion protection solutionEight questions to ask about your intrusion security solution
Why intrusion prevention— not detection—is essential
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Introduction ..................................................................................... 3
The fundamental difference................................................................ 3
Eight basic questions ......................................................................... 3
1. Is your intrusion security solution in-band? ...................................... 3
2. Does your intrusion security solution support maximum network and application availability? ........................................................ 4
3. Does your intrusion security solution offer the performance needed to deeply inspect traffic without slowing down your network or business applications? ............................................................... 4
4. Does your intrusion security solution protect not just your network perimeter but also key points in the core of your network? ............... 4
5. Does your intrusion security solution provide attack coverage that is broad and deep? ............................................................. 5
6. How accurate is your attack coverage? Does it block bad traffic without blocking good traffic? ...................................................... 6
7. How timely and up to date is the attack coverage? .......................... 6
8. Can your security vendor refer you to customers who are running in-band prevention devices with a high percentage of filters turned on? ........................................................................ 7
Conclusion....................................................................................... 7

Introduction

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