You Cannot Secure What You Cannot See.
A Network Packet Broker gives your security and monitoring tools complete, filtered, and optimised visibility into every packet on your network — without degrading performance.
What Is a Network Packet Broker?
A Network Packet Broker (NPB) sits between your network taps / SPAN ports and your security tools — IDS, IPS, SIEM, packet capture, and forensics appliances. It aggregates traffic from multiple points, filters and de-duplicates it, and delivers only relevant traffic to each tool. Your security tools see more, work less, and cost less to run.
Architecture Flow
The NPB is transparent to production traffic. Zero latency introduced to forwarding path.
The Visibility Problem
❌ Without NPB
- ✗Tools receive duplicate packets — false alerts, wasted processing
- ✗High-speed 40G links overwhelm 10G security tools
- ✗Multiple tools each need individual SPAN ports — switches run out
- ✗Encrypted traffic invisible to monitoring tools
- ✗No centralised visibility control point
✅ With Layerix NPB
- ✓De-duplicated, filtered traffic delivered to each tool
- ✓Traffic sliced and speed-matched — no tool overload
- ✓Single aggregation point for all monitoring tools
- ✓SSL decrypted once, shared to all tools
- ✓Centralised policy control over all monitoring feeds
NPB Capabilities
Traffic Aggregation
Combine traffic from multiple SPAN ports and network taps into one centralised management point.
Packet Filtering & Slicing
Send only relevant traffic to each tool — reduce tool load and licensing cost by up to 60%.
Load Balancing
Distribute traffic across multiple instances of the same security tool to prevent overload.
SSL/TLS Decryption
Decrypt once and share plaintext with multiple tools — without re-decrypting at each appliance.
De-duplication
Remove duplicate packets before they reach your SIEM — reduce false positives and storage costs.
Hardware Timestamping
Nanosecond-accurate timestamps for precise forensic analysis and latency troubleshooting.
Use Cases by Industry
Financial Services
Regulatory compliance requires full packet capture and retention. NPB enables this without saturating individual monitoring tools.
Healthcare
Patient data flows must be monitored for compliance and data exfiltration — NPB provides visibility without performance impact.
Data Centres
40G/100G core links need traffic fed to 10G monitoring tools. NPB handles the speed mismatch cleanly.
Multi-Tool Environments
When you run IDS, SIEM, and packet capture simultaneously, NPB ensures each tool gets clean, relevant traffic.
Our Engineers On Site
Real Layerix deployments. No stock imagery. No subcontractors.
NPB appliance installation — data centre, Bengaluru
TAP and aggregation cabling — enterprise server room
Traffic validation post-deployment — financial client, Mumbai
Real Outcomes. Real Clients.
See how Layerix has delivered measurable network visibility outcomes across data centres, financial clients, and enterprise environments.
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