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What is the difference between an IDS and an IPS?

  1. A An IDS is passive and alerts; an IPS is inline and can block traffic
  2. B An IDS blocks traffic
  3. C An IPS only logs
  4. D They are the same device
Answer

An IDS is passive and alerts; an IPS is inline and can block traffic

An IPS stops attacks in real time but a false positive becomes an outage, which is why teams often tune in detection mode first.

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