Managed Intrusion Prevention (MIPS)

nGuard’s Managed Intrusion Prevention Service (MIPS) combines market leading Intrusion Prevention technology with a team of highly credentialed security experts to give you the best protection available today. 

Building a dedicated security team is unrealistic for many smaller companies who just need the assurance that they’re protected or in compliance.  Conversely, many larger companies with dedicated security staff struggle to handle the sheer scope of their responsibilities.  With nGuard’s MIPS companies get their own 7x24x365 security team at a fraction of the cost.

Tailored Solutions

Our solutions have been tailored to meet the needs of Fortune 100 customers as well as small businesses.

• Enterprise wide coverage - IPS agents can protect laptops, desktops, servers, Internet connections or entire network segments.
• 7x24x365 Incident Response - nGuard engineers react immediately to critical attacks on your network analysis and a customized response plan appropriate for your company's needs.
• Proactive Zero Day Protection - Market leading technology combined with nGuard's customized security policies protect your company from worms, malicious hacking attempts and other vulnerabilities.
• Protects Mobile Workers - Laptops in the field are proactively managed and protected in hostile environments.
• Built on Market Leading Technology - Our solutions are based on market leading IPS technology deployed at thousands of sites all over the world.
• Time Tested Policies & Procedures - No matter how good the technology, security is only as good as the people who manage it. Our security engineers have developed a set of policies and procedures to ensure you're getting the most secure environment possible.

Features

• Meets Compliance Regulations - nGuard's IPS solution helps you meet IPS requirements specified in Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and others.
• Toll Free Incident Response Hotline - Report security incidents to nGuard 7x24x365.
• Monthly Reporting - Custom monthly reporting provides a summary of attacks, responses and nGuard management activity.
• Protection Bulletins - Clients are kept up to date on all policy changes related to their environment via Protection Bulletins. You never have to wonder if your company is protected.
• Special Protection Bulletins - When a critical security vulnerability or exploit emerges, nGuard proactively notifies all MIPS customers of their protection status against it.
• CritSonar™ - nGuard constantly monitors and tests customer IPS agents using custom processes and technologies. One of these technologies is CritSonar™. At regular intervals, CritSonar™ simulates a critical severity attack across all managed IPS agents. In this way, all aspects of the incident response protocol are constantly tested including personnel, processes and technology.
• Customer Analysis Portal - Provides client access to detailed security event data, IPS sensor status and more.
• Customer Communications Portal - Provides a fully encrypted, collaboration portal with the NGMS team. Secure messaging, reporting and data sharing for new IPS agents builds is included.
• Network Community Watch - Joining nGuard's MIPS service makes you a part of a nationwide Network Community Watch Program. Because nGuard monitors IPS devices all over the country, our team can detect security events occurring at literally thousands of locations. Proactive changes are then made to your policies to better protect you against the emerging threat.
• Security Operations Center - Our MIPS Security Operations Center (SOC) is colocated at a SAS 70 Certified data center featuring state of the art security controls and monitoring.
• Robust Data Retention and Management - Customer intrusion data is automatically retained for 3 years. Custom data retension policies are available where needed.