Intrusion Detection and Prevention System

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Software that automates the process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network and analyzing them for signs of possible incidents and attempting to stop detected possible incidents.

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: IDPS
plural: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
possessive: Intrusion Detection and Prevention System's
pluralpossessive: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems'

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