Network encryption has become ubiquitous in the IT Industry over the last two decades, it has become the de facto method used for critical communications and transactions within and between nearly all types of networks. Consumers use encrypted communications on a daily basis - often unwittingly - to communicate securely with their peers and to purchase goods and services online. Enterprises encrypt transactions between business applications and file transfers of sensitive business data.
Encryption of privileged user access and the transfer of sensitive customer and financial data is recognized as a baseline security control mandated by compliance programs governing the payment card and financial services industries. Most organizations have deployed network encryption to fulfill these security and compliance policies, and to ultimately protect the integrity of their business operations. It is no wonder then that network encryption is a vital aspect of today's global communication network, transparently intertwined into the very DNA of our digital work and life - but it does represent a double-edged sword. The other "edge" of encryption being that it does exactly what one would think - protecting session contents from examination between the communication end-points, rendering many network defenses and monitoring tools ineffective. In order to have clear sight into what is being transmitted the defense and monitoring tools need to have visibility and insight.
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