Intelligence, Surveillance, and MonitoringPurpose
1.2. Automate monitoring and validation that secure communication protocols (TLS, S/MIME, etc.) are enforced for all digital messages, files, and device communications.
1.3. Automate alerts and remediation when non-secure or weak encryption is detected.
1.4. Automate periodic compliance checks with military encryption standards (NSA Suite B, FIPS 140-2, etc.).
1.5. Automates generating audit trails for all encryption and secure communication enforcement actions.
1.6. Automator for encryption key management, rotation, and automatedly reporting anomalies.
1.7. Automate sandbox simulation of encrypted traffic for red-teaming and threat hunting.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Scheduled automated periodic compliance scans (hourly, daily, or customized).
2.3. On creation/update of keys, certificates, or secure sockets.
2.4. Automated response when traffic deviates from established secure protocol baselines.
2.5. Automate trigger when unauthorized applications attempt access.
2.6. Automatedly upon incident detection logs or SIEM alerts.
Platform Variants
3.1. AWS KMS
• Feature/Setting: Automate key lifecycle management and audit via "ScheduleKeyDeletion" and event subscriptions.
3.2. Azure Key Vault
• Feature/Setting: Automate secret/version rotation with “Set-AzKeyVaultSecret” API and audit with diagnostic logs.
3.3. Google Cloud KMS
• Feature/Setting: Automate encryption and decryption using “projects.locations.keyRings.cryptoKeys.encrypt” and “decrypt” APIs.
3.4. HashiCorp Vault
• Feature/Setting: Automate key storage, dynamic secrets, and lease status with “/v1/sys/leases/lookup”.
3.5. Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager
• Feature/Setting: Automate centralized key orchestration and alerting through "RESTful Key Management API".
3.6. Fortinet FortiMail
• Feature/Setting: Automate enforced S/MIME for email, policy triggers via “Content Profile Encryption”.
3.7. Cisco Email Security
• Feature/Setting: Automate DLP/encryption filters using “Outgoing Content Filter” rules.
3.8. Proofpoint
• Feature/Setting: Automate secure communication policy deployment with "Automated Encryption" triggers.
3.9. Palo Alto Networks Panorama
• Feature/Setting: Automate TLS traffic inspection policies, automated responses via API.
3.10. Zscaler Cloud Security
• Feature/Setting: Automate SSL/TLS inspection, automate policy-change through “ZEN Policy API”.
3.11. Venafi Trust Protection Platform
• Feature/Setting: Automator for certificate provisioning, renewal, and alerting via “Venafi REST API”.
3.12. Symantec DLP
• Feature/Setting: Automate discovery of unencrypted data in-transit, automate policy enforcement.
3.13. OpenSSL
• Feature/Setting: Automate encryption/signing checks and certificate management with CLI invocations.
3.14. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automate TLS enforcement in “Mail Send API” and event webhook for compliance alerts.
3.15. Microsoft 365 Defender
• Feature/Setting: Automate monitoring and enforce secure mail flow through “Transport Rules API”.
3.16. Splunk Enterprise Security
• Feature/Setting: Automate SIEM triggers on insecure traffic, custom correlation search for encryption events.
3.17. IBM QRadar
• Feature/Setting: Automate log correlation and automated alerting for encryption policy violations.
3.18. Twilio Programmable Messaging
• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS transport encryption through webhook callbacks and “Compliance API”.
3.19. Barracuda Email Security Gateway
• Feature/Setting: Automate policy-based encryption/enforcement, automated notifications for violations.
3.20. Check Point Infinity
• Feature/Setting: Automate traffic inspection rules, automated response on unencrypted communication events via API.
3.21. Mimecast Secure Messaging
• Feature/Setting: Automate secure message delivery and automate compliance reporting with “Secure Messaging Policy”.
3.22. F5 BIG-IP
• Feature/Setting: Automate SSL/TLS offloading and compliance audits with iControl REST API.
3.23. Entrust KeyControl
• Feature/Setting: Automate key creation/rotation, automate usage audits via RESTful interface.
3.24. McAfee Total Protection for Data
• Feature/Setting: Automate endpoint encryption enforcement and automate event alerting via EPO API.
Benefits
4.2. Automates real-time detection and response to insecure communication attempts.
4.3. Automates compliance with military and legal mandates.
4.4. Automator eliminates human error in key continuity and encryption policy.
4.5. Automatedly maintains audit logs and rapid incident response readiness.
4.6. Automates uniform deployment of protocol upgrades and cryptographic algorithms.
4.7. Automator improves efficiency, helps rapidly adapt to emerging threats, and automates coordination of secure communications at scale.