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Deep packet inspection

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The capability to analyze network traffic to compare vendor-developed profiles of benign protocol activity against observed events to identify deviations.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Deep packet inspections
possessive
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