Example: medium-scale IPS installation

The following is an example of a medium-scale installation with an IPS Cluster.

The example company’s branch office at Munich has a moderate number of end-user clients. Some services are only offered at the London headquarters and used remotely through a VPN. There are still many local servers, but mostly for internal and partner use. Also, there are some administrators at this location who are responsible for the:
  • Daily upkeep of the office infrastructure
  • Small satellite office in Vienna

Figure: Large branch office in Munich



In this case, the company has made the following decisions:

  • Because there are administrators who browse logs extensively at this site, there is a dedicated Log Server here.
  • One IDS is installed to inspect the network traffic in a DMZ that supports partner access.
  • The IPS Cluster is placed in a dedicated DMZ for security.