Patent ID: 8769682

Claim:
An apparatus in a network for providing a plurality of Internet protocol television (IPTV) streams, comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of parameter characteristics indicative of a security breach in the network; and a processing module configured to: receive a first plurality of control messages addressed to a first multicast group from at least one network element in the network, wherein the first plurality of control messages is operably transmitted by an authorized user device in the network to a service provider device in the network and is re-addressed by the at least one network element for transmission to the first multicast group, wherein the first multicast group includes at least the apparatus and the service provider device as destinations; monitor the first plurality of control messages for at least one of the plurality of parameter characteristics; determine that the first plurality of control messages displays at least one of the plurality of parameter characteristics; perform at least one protective measurement that includes: subscribing to a second multicast group including a plurality of IPTV streams associated with the authorized user device, wherein the second multicast group includes at least the first apparatus and the service provider device as destinations; performing deep packet inspection (DPI) of at least one packet within at least one of the plurality of IPTV streams; and in the event that an anomaly within the at least one packet is detected, removing the at least one packet from the at least one of the plurality of IPTV streams.