A Host Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a network security/threat prevention technology that examines network traffic flows to detect and prevent vulnerability exploits.
Collibra has an active response system in place that does not only send out alerts (HIDS), but also takes action (HIPS). The HIPS can take the following actions when needed:
- Deny IP addresses to access the system (firewall, hosts.deny).
- Disable the user accounts under attack.
- Drop packets.