Method and system for communications monitoring
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1. A method for monitoring of communications traffic, comprising:
- connecting a recorder to a network switch to record packet-data communication traffic received from, and passing through, the network switch;
encrypting the packet-data communication traffic at an encryption engine communicatively connected to the recorder after the packet-data communication traffic has passed through the network switch to create encrypted data;
storing the encrypted data in a storage device such that the encrypted data can be decrypted only by means of decryption keys that exhibit restricted availability; and
providing the decryption keys having embedded encrypted search conditions therein to only provide access to encrypted data meeting criteria specified by the encrypted search conditions,wherein the criteria specify an identification of the portions of the packet-data communications traffic within the encrypted data to be decrypted.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a system, and related method, for use in the monitoring of communications traffic, comprising the step of recording the said traffic and storing the recorded traffic in an encrypted data format such that the data can be decrypted only by means of keys that exhibit restricted availability.
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1. A method for monitoring of communications traffic, comprising:
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connecting a recorder to a network switch to record packet-data communication traffic received from, and passing through, the network switch; encrypting the packet-data communication traffic at an encryption engine communicatively connected to the recorder after the packet-data communication traffic has passed through the network switch to create encrypted data; storing the encrypted data in a storage device such that the encrypted data can be decrypted only by means of decryption keys that exhibit restricted availability; and providing the decryption keys having embedded encrypted search conditions therein to only provide access to encrypted data meeting criteria specified by the encrypted search conditions, wherein the criteria specify an identification of the portions of the packet-data communications traffic within the encrypted data to be decrypted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for monitoring of communications traffic, comprising:
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a recorder that records the communications traffic, the communications traffic being received by the recorder from a network switch; an encryption engine that encrypts the communications traffic after the communications traffic has passed through the network switch to the recorder; and a storage device that stores recorded communications traffic as encrypted data, such that the encrypted data can be decrypted only by means of decryption keys that exhibit restricted availability, wherein encrypted search conditions are included within the keys that only provide access to encrypted data meeting criteria specified by the encrypted search conditions, and wherein the criteria specify an identification of the portions of the communications traffic within the encrypted data to be decrypted. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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