System and Method for Intrusion Detection of Malware Traffic

A system-on-a-chip (SoC) and corresponding method implement an intrusion detection system. The SoC comprises a plurality of hardware engines. The SoC employs the plurality of hardware engines to implement the intrusion detection system. The intrusion detection system is capable of detecting malware traffic in (i) a non-encrypted traffic stream, (ii) an encrypted traffic stream that can be decrypted by the SoC, and (iii) an encrypted traffic stream that cannot be decrypted by the SoC. The intrusion detection system performs an action responsive to detecting the malware traffic. The action is performed toward preventing malicious activity otherwise caused by the malware traffic.