Intrusion Prevention System Integration
This chapter covers the following topics:
- IPS integration
- Overview of the AIP-SSM
- Directing traffic to the AIP-SSM
- AIP-SSM management and software recovery
- Legacy IPS features
Cisco ASA integrates firewall capabilities with sophisticated intrusion prevention features that provide a deep-packet inspection solution. Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (CIPS) integration provides the ability to effectively mitigate a wide range of network attacks without compromising Cisco ASA's performance.
This chapter covers Cisco ASA IPS integration at a glance and provides several deployment examples and considerations.