Shift in the Information Detection Paradigm Without a Clutch

Intrusion Detection Systems have become a staple in the defense of enterprise information technology infrastructures.  Although most recently decried as perhaps ineffective, intrusion detection is critical to the health of networked computer resources, and will remain essential to cyber defense.  Re-examining the role of intrusion detection systems, recognizing how the systems must be configured and placed within the enterprise (the current model is flawed), and appreciating the intelligence that these systems can actually provide, give new hope to beleaguered information technology managers in the front lines of the cyber war.