METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION DISCLOSURE VIA CONTENT ANOMALY DETECTION

Method and apparatus to monitor and detect anomalies of information content flows, the method comprising the steps of capturing information access packets, filtering packets to extract information, decoding packets to determine information content, deriving content signatures, trending prototypical behavior, and detecting anomalies of information access, and said apparatus comprising a computing device comprising a network based device that captures the information and produces anomaly information.