This chapter covers the following topics:
Perimeter Security
Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System
Host Intrusion Prevention System and the Cisco Security Agent
Selecting the Right Product
The Cisco security strategy is to embed security throughout the network and integrate security services in all its products, making network security a transparent, scalable, and manageable aspect of any business infrastructure. The Cisco Secure product range combines a management framework, hardware devices, identity services, software functionalities, and applications into a single, secure infrastructure.
This is the first of two chapters that provide an overview of the Cisco Secure product range. This chapter concentrates on the perimeter security and intrusion detection offerings of this portfolio. Topics covered include the following:
Routers
Firewalls
Intrusion detection and prevention
Network vulnerability scanning
This chapter provides a brief overview to the functionality and positioning of each of the preceding products while giving design considerations to follow when securing a network.