The cost of a data breach grows the longer it takes you to uncover the attack. Using a solid intrusion detection system (IDS) backed up by a robust incident response plan, you can reduce the potential damage of a breach. Its crucial to deploy IDS across your network, from internal servers to data centers to public cloud environments if you want to safeguard your data and systems. There are many open source intrusion detection tools that are worth checking out and we’ve got five examples for you right here.”]