Cisco IDS/IPS 4200 Series sensors are critical components of Cisco Intrusion Protection System solutions. These sensors work with other IDS/IPS components to efficiently protect your data and information infrastructure. With the increased complexity of security threats, achieving efficient network intrusion security solutions is critical to maintaining a high level of protection. Vigilant protection helps to ensure business continuity and minimizes the effects of costly intrusions.The Cisco IPS 4255 supports speeds of up to 600 Mbps and can be used to protect gigabit subnets and traffic traversing switches that are being used to aggregate traffic from numerous subnets.