What is IPS architecture?

FortiGate Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) architecture is designed to provide real-time threat protection to enterprise networks. FortiGate IPS leverages a combination of signature-based, behavior-based, and anomaly-based detection techniques to detect and prevent a wide range of security threats.

IPS architecture addresses how and where you can leverage IPS to bolster a company’s security posture.

Intended audience

This guide has primarily been created for a technical audience, including system architects and design engineers who want to understand how and where IPS can benefit their company. This guide benefits those in the assessment and planning phase.

About this guide

The guide is meant to provide high-level insight on FortiGate IPS architectures for different deployment modes. You are meant to use this guide in conjunction with other technical documentation for each component that the guide lists. Where relevant, the guide lists links to the administrative guides and other technical reference guides.