Siglas de
Intrusion Prevention System (sistema de prevención de intrusiones). Es una herramienta
de seguridad que detecta un posible ataque informático y reacciona para evitar
su consumación.
http://www.inteco.es/glossary/Formacion/Glosario/
A network intrusion
protection system (NIPS) is an umbrella term for a combination of hardware and
software systems that protect computer networks from unauthorized access and
malicious activity.
NIPS hardware may consist of
a dedicated Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) device, an Intrusion
Prevention System (IPS), or a combination of the two such as an Intrusion
Prevention and Detection System (IPDS). Note that while an NIDS can only detect
intrusions, an IPS can pro-actively stop an attack by following established
rules, such as changing firewall settings, blocking particular Internet
protocol (IP) addresses or dropping certain packets entirely. The software
components of an NIPS consists of various firewall, sniffer and antivirus tools
in addition to dashboards and other data visualization tools.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.in/definition/network-intrusion-protection-system-NIPS