Introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
Completed by Joshua Kota
February 4, 2026
51 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Understand the roles of HIDS and NIDS, their key components, and applications across cybersecurity contexts.
Install and configure IDS solutions on VMs to detect real-time threats in host and network environments.
Compare signature-based and anomaly-based detection methods and configure IDS rules accordingly.
Use quantitative techniques to assess IDS effectiveness, analyzing data to select optimal solutions for security needs.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Threat Management
- Category: Continuous Monitoring
- Category: Virtualization and Virtual Machines
- Category: Virtual Machines
- Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
- Category: Network Monitoring
- Category: Network Analysis
- Category: Anomaly Detection
- Category: Threat Detection
- Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Category: Event Monitoring
- Category: System Monitoring
