Mike, a network administrator, has been asked to passively monitor network traffic to the
company’s sales websites. Which of the following would be BEST suited for this task?
A.
HIDS
B.
Firewall
C.
NIPS
D.
Spam filter
Explanation:
Network-based intrusion prevention system (NIPS) monitors the entire network for suspicious
traffic by analyzing protocol activity.
C is wrong… NIPS is active not passive…
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All questions on network based monitoring in all different websites and test exams says NIPS because with NIPS you can also do passive monitoring only. With HIDS you can not scan the network.
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