How to Offload Decryption from Security Tools
Integrating TLS / SSL decryption into the visibility layer
Offloading decryption from security tools such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS) requires finding a more cost-effective approach to looking for threats encrypted within security protocols. Integrating decryption within a network packet broker ensures efficient traffic inspection, improving security tool utilization by up to 75%, leaving more capacity available to inspect payloads and uncover threats. By relieving the strain on security tools, offloading decryption to a visibility layer avoids investments in standalone transport layer security (TLS) / secure sockets layer (SSL) decryption devices and streamlines security operations workflows.
Configure the packet broker to decrypt traffic captured from the network before processing and sending it to monitoring tools. This lets analysts see inside every packet while freeing up firewalls to do what they’re built to do — protect the network perimeter. Once network traffic gets decrypted at the visibility layer, multiple security tools can inspect the content without re-encrypting and decrypting traffic data several times. This streamlined decryption workflow avoids delays in detecting new threats to improve a business’s security posture as the network infrastructure scales.
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