ABSTRACT
Organizations today depend heavily on the Internet, intranets, and their network infrastructures to conduct business. Ensuring the security and integrity of data shared across networks is essential, especially in light of the various regulatory and legislative mandates they must comply with. At the same time, the enforcement challenges facing them are on the rise, and the need for eff ective security controls is greater than ever. Organizations strive to implement technical controls to assist in enforcing their security policies; however, under certain circumstances some organizations need to monitor the content of packets entering and leaving their network to ensure they detect leaks of confi dential information.
