Mitigation techniques · Question 6 of 12

What distinguishes an IPS from an IDS?

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  • D The IPS can block, the IDS only reports

Explanation

An intrusion detection system detects suspicious traffic and raises alerts. An intrusion prevention system sits in the data stream and can drop packets or terminate connections.

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