Local area network ecosystem of verified computer security resources

At least one non-transitory computer readable-storage medium for load balancing and sharing computer security processing across a local area network comprising multiple computing devices, the at least one non-transitory computer readable-storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when loaded into computer memory and executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps

• validating multiple endpoint computer security components on multiple endpoint computing devices in the local area network, in response to determining that the multiple endpoint computing devices each have a specific anti-malware scanning engine and a specific set of signatures, by a centralized computer security component on a centralized computing device in the local area network;
• registering the multiple validated endpoint computer security components on the multiple endpoint computing devices in the local area network, by the centralized computer security component on the centralized computing device in the local area network;
• maintaining a service registry of computer security service capabilities of the centralized computer security component and each registered endpoint computer security component, by the centralized computer security component;
• monitoring incoming traffic in the local area network, by the centralized computer security component;
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• load balancing security processing of network traffic in the local area network between the centralized computer security component and the registered endpoint computer security components, by the centralized computer security component.

A centralized computing system for load balancing and sharing computer security processing across a local area network comprising multiple computing devices, the centralized computing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• system memory;
• a validation module residing in the system memory, the validation module being programmed to validate multiple endpoint computer security components on multiple endpoint computing devices in the local area network, in response to determining that the multiple endpoint computing devices each have a specific anti-malware scanning engine and a specific set of signatures;
• a registration module residing in the system memory, the registration module being programmed to register the multiple validated endpoint computer security components on the multiple endpoint computing devices in the local area network, and to maintain a service registry of computer security service capabilities of the centralized computing system and each registered endpoint computer security component;
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• a load balancing module residing in the system memory, the load balancing module being programmed to monitor incoming traffic in the local area network, and to load balance security processing of network traffic in the local area network between the centralized computing system and the registered endpoint computer security components.