Networks and systems can come under attack from any source and for whatever reason. The best security practice is to adopt preventive measures while also being prepared for the worst, should preventive measures fail. There are some preventive security solutions (hardware/software) that could help achieve a reasonable level of security; however, no system is fully secure. Examples of such solutions are firewalls, anti-viruses, IDS/IPS etc. AdNix falls in the category of IDPSs (Intrusion detection and prevention systems).

An extensive research was carried out and this work acknowledges there are existing systems and related works on self-handling systems and the use of logs to detect intrusion or anomalies. A common shortcoming amongst them however, is that they don't provide a good level of flexibility for the user or Admin. Moreover, considering system resources like performance, storage etc., they are not really flexible as most logs (relevant and irrelevant) are being used and processed, though not all are needed or useful in every situation. Not all events apply in all situations or cases but most of these systems keep monitoring for all and give the Admin no avenue to make the choice of only event(s) that apply to their scenario, business setting or server purpose.