Please note: This is a Sole Source Notification. The CIS Netflow/Intrusion Detection System Monitoring and Analysis Service, known as Albert, provides our partners with a near real-time automated process that identifies and alerts on traditional and advanced threats on a network, facilitating rapid response to threats and attacks. The Albert sensor(s) provide traditional Intrusion Detection System (IDS) monitoring, along with netflow and passive DNS collection and analysis. Through its 24/7/365 Security Operations Center (SOC), CIS manages the sensor(s) to identify malicious activity, and, in accordance with escalation procedures prescribed by the partner, provides notification of malicious activity. The use of open source software allows CIS to provide enhanced monitoring capabilities in a more affordable, cost-effective way than a typical commercial IDS/IPS solution. The Albert Service is available only from CIS.