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Economic Showdown: Host Intrusion Prevention Vs. Patch Management

• Tags:
• vulnerabilities,
• patch,
• intrusion,
• prevention

Overview Host Intrusion Prevention Systems, or HIPS, have the potential to reduce the burden of the continued patching frenzy. By protecting systems from known and unknown attacks (including latent software vulnerabilities), HIPS programs can provide a clear cost savings in many organizations by enabling enterprises to shield themselves from the burden of endless software vendor vulnerabilities, and move from an ad-hoc reactive patch management process to a steady, more manageable, software maintenance cycle. This white paper examines the patch process, its associated costs, common problems, and how HIPS can ease the burden of patch management. The paper will then specifically examine McAfee's Host Intrusion Prevention solution.

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