Network Surveillance
There is nothing like collecting real data and validating the effectiveness of your security countermeasures.
Most companies have good perimeter security – i.e. a firewall and an IDS or IPS. While many security people often view an IPS as the next generation of IDS; it’s important to understand the different roles of detection and prevention. Detection helps you understand what kind of attacks are being mounted (or potentially COULD be mounted on the network, and prevention (an IPS) is part of your access control systems – a way of keeping the bad guys off your network.
However, in our experience the same companies with well-managed perimeter security do not know what’s happening inside their network.
Do you know what is happening inside your network?
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