Intrusion detection and prevention systems are security controls that provide alerts and protection for many organizations today. In this course, you'll explore their function, commonly deployed IDS/IPS solutions, and techniques for evading detection by these systems. Next, you'll examine firewalls, their role as a security countermeasure, and techniques commonly used to bypass them. If you know how an attacker is likely to attack, you can build better defenses to protect your organization. Finally, you'll learn how honeypots can be used to determine the attacks a production network is most likely to face from threats. This course is one in a series that helps to prepare you for the Certified Ethical Hacker v11 (312-50) exam.