Unisys Corporation
ENTERPRISE SECURITY MANAGEMENT PACKET INSPECTION AND MONITORING

Abstract:

Methods and systems for monitoring network data packets within a secure network are described. One method includes receiving, at a consumer endpoint, a data packet from a second endpoint, the data packet being encrypted with an encryption key associated with a packet auditing community of interest and having a routing header appended thereto, the routing header identifying the consumer endpoint. The method includes decrypting the data packet using the encryption key associated with the packet auditing community of interest, and removing at least a portion of the routing header identifying the consumer endpoint from the decrypted data packet. The method also includes performing at least one packet auditing operation on the decrypted data packet.