HIPS versus Application Whitelisting: Which is better?
Posted by Kate Munro on Mon, May 10, 2010
This webcast by research analyst Eric Ogren will focus on the failure of Host Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS) to provide scalable endpoint security. And it will discuss the emerging acceptance of Application Whitelisting as the foundational approach to endpoint security - the foundation used to stop advanced threats.
Sign up for the web seminar here.
Eric Ogren has intimate knowledge of HIPS technologies, as he was an executive at Okena, which through acquisition became Cisco Security Agent (CSA).
One of the big problems with HIPS is the prohibitively expensive administration required to continually update the behavioral signatures. Another is that it fails to stop advanced threats. Another is high false positives.
It's a controversial topic. I'm interested in others' thoughts on the issue.