"HIPS" stands for...
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Short form of HIPPA Standard
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High Intensity Protection System
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Highly Integrated Protection System
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Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System
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Explanation
HIPS (Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System) is a security solution installed on individual hosts (endpoints) to detect and prevent malicious activity. It monitors system behavior, network traffic, and application execution to block threats at the host level before they can cause damage.
AI explanation
HIPS stands for Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System, a security control that runs on an individual host to monitor and block malicious activity directly on that machine, as opposed to network-based intrusion prevention which monitors traffic across the network.