With the growing reliance on e-commerce, network-based services and the Internet, organizations are faced with an ever-increasing challenge to protect their systems from attacks. IDSs are the latest and most powerful tools used for alerting the analyst to network- and host-based exploits. This hands-on course provides knowledge of how attackers break into systems and networks, and how an IDS can play a key role in detecting and responding to these events. Using Windows and UNIX-based tools, you learn to configure, deploy and tune an IDS to determine what exploits are occurring in your organization. [talisker]- REVIEW I attended this course in 01. The course covers a lot of ground in a short time, allowing the student to sample a good selection of Intrusion Detection Systems and various related subjects.]