Network Performance & Cyber Security
With the complexity of today's networks, it is impossible to know if you are actually secure. You can prepare your network's defenses, but what threats will be thrown at it, what combinations will be tried, and what directions they will come from are all unknown variables. Networks face an ever-increasing likelihood of unplanned downtime due to various attacks and security breaches. In this environment of uncertainty, which is full of hackers and malicious threats, those systems that are the best at maintaining the continuity of their services (i.e., survive the attacks) enjoy a significant competitive advantage. Minimizing unexpected and unplanned downtime can be done by identifying, prioritizing and defending against misuse, attacks and vulnerabilities.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention deals with detecting and responding to malicious network traffic and computer misuse. Intrusion detection is the process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network and analyzing them for signs of possible incidents, which are violations or imminent threats of violation of computer security policies, acceptable use policies, or standard security practices. Intrusion prevention is the process of performing intrusion detection and attempting to stop detected possible incidents. Intrusion detection and prevention solutions are primarily focused on identifying possible incidents, logging information about them, attempting to stop them, and reporting them to security administrators.
Threats target applications, and enterprises struggle to control modern applications with existing security infrastructure. The current landscape dictates a new set of requirements for comprehensive intrusion detection and prevention solutions.