Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 11

Intrusion detection has which of the following sets of characteristics?

A. It is adaptive rather than preventative.

B. It is administrative rather than preventative.

C. It is disruptive rather than preventative.

D. It is detective rather than preventative.

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Intrusion Detection

An important characteristic of intrusion detection is that it is detective rather than preventative. Intrusions are thus defined as relative to the security policy.

Therefore, the correct option is.