Hardware-Accelerated Framework for Security in High-Speed Networks

This paper presents hardware-accelerated framework for security in high-speed networks. To match the line rate performance requirements we use FPGA based COMBO acceleration cards. The NetCOPE platform enables to design new network security applications or accelerate existing one as well as shorten the time to develop these applications for COMBO cards. The network traffic is processed in real-time and available to intrusion detection applications, network monitoring tools etc. We describe the framework deployment in various projects and the possibilities how to meet current cyber threats.