Episode 60: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are crucial for identifying and stopping threats in real time. This episode explores how these tools work, their deployment strategies, and how they integrate with broader security operations. You’ll learn about signature-based and anomaly-based detection, false positives, evasion techniques, and tuning practices. We also cover network-based and host-based implementations, and how alerts are correlated in a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform. IDS and IPS are key components of active defense and threat response.