Network Security and Intrusion Detection

  1. Intrusion Prevention Systems
    1. IPS Fundamentals
      1. IPS Purpose and Function
        1. IPS vs Firewall Comparison
          1. IPS Performance Requirements
            1. IPS Deployment Considerations
            2. IPS Functionality
              1. Real-time Traffic Inspection
                1. Deep Packet Inspection
                  1. Protocol Decoding
                    1. Content Analysis
                      1. Pattern Matching
                      2. Protocol Analysis
                        1. Protocol Validation
                          1. State Tracking
                            1. Anomaly Detection
                            2. Behavioral Analysis
                              1. Traffic Pattern Analysis
                                1. User Behavior Analysis
                                  1. Application Behavior Analysis
                                2. Policy Enforcement
                                  1. Security Policy Definition
                                    1. Rule-based Enforcement
                                      1. Dynamic Policy Updates
                                        1. Exception Handling
                                        2. Threat Intelligence Integration
                                          1. IOC Matching
                                            1. Reputation-based Blocking
                                              1. Threat Feed Integration
                                            2. IPS Types and Deployment
                                              1. Network-based IPS
                                                1. Inline Deployment
                                                  1. Bridge Mode
                                                    1. Router Mode
                                                      1. Transparent Mode
                                                      2. Network-wide Protection
                                                        1. High Availability Deployment
                                                          1. Load Balancing
                                                          2. Host-based IPS
                                                            1. Host-level Protection
                                                              1. Process Monitoring
                                                                1. File System Protection
                                                                  1. Registry Protection
                                                                  2. Application Control
                                                                    1. Application Whitelisting
                                                                      1. Application Sandboxing
                                                                        1. Privilege Management
                                                                        2. Endpoint Detection and Response
                                                                        3. Wireless IPS
                                                                          1. Wireless Threat Detection
                                                                            1. Rogue Device Detection
                                                                              1. Attack Pattern Recognition
                                                                                1. RF Anomaly Detection
                                                                                2. Rogue Access Point Mitigation
                                                                                  1. Automatic Containment
                                                                                    1. Client Isolation
                                                                                      1. Deauthentication Attacks
                                                                                    2. Cloud-based IPS
                                                                                      1. Virtual IPS Appliances
                                                                                        1. Container-based IPS
                                                                                          1. Serverless Security
                                                                                        2. IPS Response Mechanisms
                                                                                          1. Passive Responses
                                                                                            1. Alerting and Logging
                                                                                              1. SNMP Notifications
                                                                                                1. Email Notifications
                                                                                                  1. Syslog Messages
                                                                                                  2. Active Responses
                                                                                                    1. Dropping Malicious Packets
                                                                                                      1. Inline Blocking
                                                                                                        1. Reset Injection
                                                                                                        2. IP Address Blocking
                                                                                                          1. Temporary Blocks
                                                                                                            1. Permanent Blocks
                                                                                                              1. Whitelist Exceptions
                                                                                                              2. TCP Session Termination
                                                                                                                1. RST Packet Injection
                                                                                                                  1. Connection Teardown
                                                                                                                  2. Traffic Shaping
                                                                                                                    1. Rate Limiting
                                                                                                                      1. Bandwidth Throttling
                                                                                                                        1. QoS Modification
                                                                                                                        2. Quarantine Actions
                                                                                                                          1. VLAN Reassignment
                                                                                                                            1. ACL Modification
                                                                                                                              1. Network Isolation
                                                                                                                            2. Response Customization
                                                                                                                              1. Response Policies
                                                                                                                                1. Severity-based Responses
                                                                                                                                  1. Time-based Responses
                                                                                                                                    1. User-defined Actions