Abstract: A traffic router proxy including an analysis trigger monitoring system is provided. One or more analysis trigger parameters are defined and analysis trigger data representing the analysis trigger parameters is generated. The analysis trigger data is then provided to the analysis trigger monitoring system and at least a portion of the message traffic sent to, or sent from, virtual assets in the cloud computing environment and relayed by the traffic router proxy through a first communication channel is monitored to detect one or more of the one or more analysis trigger parameters. A copy of at least a portion of any detected message including one or more of the one or more analysis trigger parameters is then transferred to one or more analysis systems for further analysis.

Abstract: An analysis trigger monitoring system is provided in a network communications device associated with a cloud computing environment. One or more analysis trigger parameters are defined and analysis trigger data representing the analysis trigger parameters is generated. The analysis trigger data is then provided to the analysis trigger monitoring system and the analysis trigger monitoring system is used to monitor at least a portion of the message traffic sent to, or sent from, virtual assets in the cloud computing environment and relayed by the network communications device through a network communication channel to detect any message including one or more of the one or more analysis trigger parameters. A copy of at least a portion of any detected message including one or more of the one or more analysis trigger parameters is then transferred to one or more analysis systems for further analysis using a second communication channel that is separate from the network communication channel.