ABSTRACT
An intrusion detection system (IDS) inspects all inbound and outbound network activity. Using signature and system configuration, it can be set up to identify suspicious patterns that may indicate a network or system attack. Unusual patterns, or patterns that are known to generally be attack signatures, can signify someone attempting to break into or compromise a system. The IDS can be a hardware-or software-based security service that monitors and analyzes system events for the purpose of finding and providing realtime or near-real-time warning of events that are identified by the configuration to be attempts to access system resources in an unauthorized manner (see Exhibit 120.1).
