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IPS Sensor [EOL] Reviews

Vendor: Cisco
4.5 out of 5
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What is IPS Sensor [EOL]?

Cisco IPS Sensors detect threats to intellectual property and customer data, with modular inspection throughout the network stack, stop sophisticated attackers by detecting behavioral anomalies, evasion, and attacks against vulnerabilities, prevent threats with confidence using the industry's most comprehensive set of threat prevention actions, focus response with dynamic threat ratings and detailed logging and provide protection from the latest threats and vulnerabilities.
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Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
April 2026
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Last updated Mar 25, 2026

Valuable Features

  • "A great advantage: It stops trigger packets and can use stream normalization techniques."
  • "It protects the network from several network attacks, for example DDOS, SQL injections, botnets."

Room for Improvement

  • "It lacks the capability to detect operating system attacks despite the fact that software based IPS does."
  • "Security wise this product is the best IPS system but we have seen that due to its DPI it tends to slow the network down."
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IPS Sensor [EOL] Reviews Summary
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Network Engineer at a university with 51-200 employees5.0I found the Cisco IPS Sensor stops trigger packets, is OS independent, and cost-effective. My assessment shows limited reporting, added latency, and no detection for operating system attacks, unlike some alternatives.
Infrastructure Expert at a tech company with 51-200 employees4.0I found this IPS offers 4Gbps inspection and strong threat protection. However, its DPI slows the network, it's costly, and struggles with encrypted traffic, causing discontinuations. MARS integration was a highlight, despite being EoL.