Computer hardware; Computer hardware and computer peripherals; Computer programs for network management and security, network packet capture, network monitoring, network traffic characterization and network intrusion detection and tracing the origin of network traffic geolocation information, and using single or multiple processors; Computer software for administration of computer networks; Computer software for encryption; Computer software for use in the encryption and decryption of digital files, including audio, video, text, binary, still images, graphics and multimedia files; Computer software for use in the safeguarding of digital files, including audio, video, text, binary, still images, graphics and multimedia files; Computer software for network management and security, network packet capture, network monitoring, network traffic characterization and network intrusion detection and tracing the origin of network traffic geolocation information, and using single or multiple processors; Telecommunications and data networking hardware, namely, devices for transporting and aggregating voice, data, and video communications across multiple network infrastructures and communications protocols