Network intrusion prevention system (NIPS)
Also called: NIPS
Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 2: Securing SpacesUnit 3: Securing Networks
An automated tool that detects malicious network activity like an IDS and can also halt it by closing ports, blocking addresses or rejecting protocols.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 3.5.A.32.1.F.3
Why it matters in Unit 3
In the CED it is a corrective control because it acts on the attack.
Example
The NIPS blocks the address that is flooding the network.
Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 3.5 Detecting Network Attacks