Intrusion Detection Systems

IDS/IPS

Company: SecurityMetrics
Pricing: $6,000
This device is like a slightly stripped down version of a unified threat manager (UTM). The SecurityMetrics IDS/IPS not only includes IDS/IPS functionality, but it is also a vulnerability assessment tool and it can be configured to be a firewall and router.
 

DefensePro, Version 3.10

Company: RadWare
Pricing: starts at $12,500; the InSite appliance is $2,000 for software-only version or $10,000 for the appliance
The RadWare DefensePro is an appliance-based product that requires the RadWare InSite appliance for configuration and management. Together these two products are feature-rich and offer the most comprehensive functionality we’ve found.
 

CounterSnipe Technologies Active Protection Software 3.0

Company: CounterSnipe Technologies
Pricing: $5,000
This software-only product can be deployed as an inline IDS, inline IPS, or deployed off of a tap. Additionally, it can provide detailed threat and asset correlation using its comprehensive surrounding asset knowledge module (SAK).
 

NetIQ Security Manager (IDS group test)

Company: NetIQ
Pricing: $900 (server); from $150 (sensor)

This product is aimed at managing security across a multi-vendor environment of disparate security solutions, enabling a choice of best of breed for each requirement. It also includes a host-based IDS application which detects unauthorized services and rogue processes. Automatic actions include raising alarms and ending unauthorized services. It alerts ...

 

NetScreen-IDP100 (IDS group test)

Company: NetScreen Technologies Inc
Pricing: $16,495

NetScreen uses multi-method detection (MMD) in its IDS appliance, which also includes intrusion prevention options. MMD integrates stateful signature analysis with the detection of protocol anomalies, traffic anomalies, IP spoofing, layer 2 and SYN-flood attacks. Plus, it includes detection of 'backdoor' exploits and a network honeypot. The NetScreen IDP-100 is ...

 

StealthWatch (IDS group test)

Company: Lancope
Pricing: from $20,000

StealthWatch employs a completely different approach to traditional IDS, based on signature recognition. Instead of looking for signatures, it 'learns' what kind of activity is normal on your network and looks for abnormal events. Behavior-based IDS has some advantages over signature-based IDS, because less processing power is required and previously ...