Difference between IPS and IDS – Download Detailed Comparison Table

Rashmi Bhardwaj | Blog,BUZZ,Security
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Difference between IPS and IDS

IPS –

IPS is an abbreviation for Intrusion Prevention System – a system which inspects traffic flowing through the network and blocks or else remediates flows with malicious traffic.

IPS usually uses a combination of traffic and file signatures and heuristic analysis of flows.

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Having said that, you will find solutions with both capabilities of IDS and IPS built-in. IDS can be used initially to see how the system behaves without actually blocking anything.

Then once fine-tuned IPS can be turned on and the system can be deployed inline to provide full protection.

IDS –

IDS is an abbreviation for Intrusion Detection System – a system similar to IPS but does not affect flows in any way – only logs or alerts on malicious traffic to the central management system.

Comparison table: Difference between IPS and IDS

Now that we have a basic understanding of IDS and IPS, let’s enumerate the difference in IDS vs IPS Table –

PARAMETERIPSIDS
Abbreviation for
Intrusion Prevention System
Intrusion Detection System
System Type
Active (monitor & automatically defend) and/ or passive
Passive (monitor and Notify)
Detection mechanism
Statistical anomaly based detection
Signature detection:
* Exploit-facing signatures
* Vulnerability-facing signatures
Signature detection:
* Exploit-facing signatures
 
Placement
Inline to data communication
Out of band from data communication
Anomaly response
Drop, alert or clean malicious traffic
Sends alarm/alert of detecting malicious traffic
Network performance impact
Slow down network performance due to delay caused by inline IPS processing
Does not impact network performance due to non-line deployment of IDS.
Benefits
Preferred by most organization since detection and prevention are automatically performed
Does not block legitimate traffic which might be blocked by IPS at times.

 

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