Dynamic data security requirements in a network

Abstract

Systems, methods and/or computer program products for dynamically adjusting levels of data security, encryption enforcement, confidentiality, network policies and other parameters within a network and at processing nodes thereof, implementing heightened levels of security and encryption as needed, based on the type of datasets being processed. Enforcement and removal of data security, encryption requirements, confidentiality, network policies and other parameters at the nodes of the network is performed using headers and footers added to the source dataset. Headers prescribe the heightened level of security or encryption being enforced at each node of the network along the source dataset's flow trajectory, while footers follow the completed processing of the source dataset and indicates to the nodes along the data flow trajectory the conditions for removing the heightened level of security, encryption, confidentiality, network policies and other parameters prescribed by the headers.