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Intrusion prevention system

nounid 3023·updated Aug 30, 2026
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System(s) which can detect an intrusive activity and can also attempt to stop the activity, ideally before it reaches its targets.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.14.06.c ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

System0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
IPS
plural
Intrusion prevention systems
possessive
Intrusion prevention system's
pluralpossessive
Intrusion prevention systems'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A system designed to not only detect attacks, but also to prevent the intended victim hosts from being affected by the attacks
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
System(s) which can detect an intrusive activity and can also attempt to stop the activity, ideally before it reaches its targets.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
System(s) which can detect an intrusive activity and can also attempt to stop the activity, ideally before it reaches its targets.
NIST SP 800-361 senseview framework →
§1
System(s) which can detect an intrusive activity and can also attempt to stop the activity, ideally before it reaches its targets.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_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.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
System(s) which can detect an intrusive activity and can also attempt to stop the activity, ideally before it reaches its targets.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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