Which type of device can prevent an intrusion on your network?

An intrusion prevention system (IPS) can detect and prevent attacks based on their signature. They are commonly found in firewall systems such as Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) devices. Honeypots are server or network appliances that have been security weakened to attract bad actors so their actions and tactics can be examined. An IDS is a system that can detect an attack based on a signature. They too are found in firewall systems such as FTD devices. Although similar to an IPS, the IDS will only notify someone in the event of a detection. A host intrusion detection system (HIDS) is an application that runs on a host to detect intrusions. An HIDS is similar to an IDS, but it is all software based and resides on the host it is to protect.