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title: "What is IPS?"  
description: "What is IPS?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-05-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97094/what-is-ips  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "networking", "network-security"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is IPS?

What is IPS?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- An **intrusion prevention system ([IPS](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97094/what-is-ips)) i**s a network security instrument (which can be hardware or software) that continuously monitors a network for harmful behaviour and takes action to prevent it, such as reporting, blocking, or dropping it.
- It is more advanced than an intrusion detection system (IDS), which can only detect malicious activity and alert an administrator if it is detected. A next-generation firewall (NGFW) or unified threat management (UTM) solution may incorporate an intrusion prevention system. They, like many other network security systems, must be capable to scanning a large volume of traffic without degrading network performance.

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