Patent ID: 8739289

Claim:
A network interface card arranged for enabling Direct Access when installed in a host endpoint in an enterprise network, comprising: An IPv4 to IPv6 translation component for providing IPv4 to IPv6 translation for data traffic that is incoming to the network interface card; an IPsec component arranged for terminating an IPsec connection; and an enterprise security assessment sharing component (ESASC) arranged for implementing a security assessment publish and subscribe model in hardware for sharing security assessments among security endpoints that subscribe to the (ESASC) so that they are available to other security endpoints, wherein each security assessment for each security endpoint is published onto a security assessment channel, a security assessment being a semantic abstraction of security related information that provides contextual meaning to a security incident that occurs within an enterprise network environment such that the security assessments received by any one of the security endpoints from any other security endpoints can be combined or correlated with evidence generated by the one security endpoint itself to determine and initiate a local response.