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Intrusion detection system

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Inspects network and host security activity to identify suspicious patterns that may indicate a network or system attack

MWEISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Senses

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Hardware or software product that gathers and analyzes information from various areas within a computer or a network to identify possible security breaches, which include both intrusions (attacks from outside the organizations) and misuse (attacks from within the organizations.)

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

acronym
IDS
alternatephrasing
Intrusion Detection Systems
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Intrusion detection systemsIntrusion Detection Systemses
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Intrusion detection system'sIntrusion Detection Systems's
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Intrusion detection systems'Intrusion Detection Systemses'