The Sourcefire® vision—Security for the Real World—is not only grounded in its history but propels the company, and industry, forward. Focused on its mission to deliver intelligent security infrastructure for the most efficient and effective risk management, Sourcefire has become the world leader in real-time adaptive network security, giving organizations maximum knowledge to protect against attacks.
 
 
EMBRACE THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTRUSION PREVENTION
Whether deployed at the perimeter, the core, or remote offices, Sourcefire IPS™ appliances protect against spyware, worms, Trojans, port scans, buffer overflow attacks, protocol anomalies, malformed traffic, invalid headers, zero-day attacks, and more. Sourcefire IPS delivers the capabilities you need to efficiently and effectively protect your network, including: IPS appliances with high performance and scalability, from 5 Mbps up to 10 Gbps throughputs Out-of-the-box blocking, with recommended IPS rule sets covering more than 3,000 rules Adaptive IPS, which uses network intelligence to stop evasions and reduce false positives IPv6 support, including protection against attacks in IPv6 traffic.
 
STOP THREATS IN THEIR TRACKS
Built on the legacy of the award-winning Snort® rules-based detection engine created by Sourcefire®, Sourcefire IPS uses a powerful combination of vulnerability-based, protocol, and anomaly-based inspection methods – at throughputs up to 10 gigabits per second – to stop threats before they impact your network. Deployable in inline and/or passive modes, Sourcefire IPS analyzes network traffic and prevents critical threats from affecting your network, and integrates with the Sourcefire 3D System to contain threats by remediating to other devices, including firewalls and routers.