WGU Courses and Certificates Cybersecurity-Architecture-and-Engineering Question # 39 Topic 4 Discussion

AnIntrusion Prevention System (IPS)detects and blocks malicious activity in real time based on defined policies or behavior patterns. IPS tools can enforcerate limiting,connection attempts, and evenauto-blockingafter repeated failures.

NIST SP 800-94 Rev. 1:

“Intrusion prevention systems not only detect potential incidents but actively prevent attempts such as brute-force attacks on services like SSH.”

Firewalls may filter traffic, but only an IPSactively terminates or blocks behavior-based threats like repeated failed logins.

????WGU Course Alignment:

Domain:Network Security

Topic:Deploy and configure IPS for automated protection against brute-force attacks