Systems and methods for encrypting data in transit

A computer implemented method comprising:

• generating, by a first computer of an ad hoc network, a data packet containing a group destination address, wherein the group destination address comprises a multicast address or an anycast address;
• generating, by the first computer, an encapsulated packet comprising the data packet as a payload;
• encrypting, by the first computer executing inner encryption software, the encapsulated packet with an inner layer cryptographic key, the inner encryption software corresponding to first encryption software of a router device having a unicast address;
• compressing, by the first computer, the encapsulated packet to according to an inner layer compression algorithm;
• encrypting, by the first computer executing outer encryption software, the data packet with an outer layer cryptographic key, the outer encryption software corresponding to second encryption software of the router device having the unicast address;
• compressing, by the first computer, the encapsulated packet according to an outer layer compression algorithm;
• and
• transmitting, by the first computer, the encapsulated packet to the one or more target computers associated with the group destination address via the router device having the unicast destination address, wherein the first computer transmits the encapsulated packet to the one or more target computers using the unicast destination address associated with the router device, and wherein the first computer transmits via the router device having the unicast destination address the encapsulated packet through a non-secure path of one or more networks including a portion of the ad hoc network.