Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to securely audit communications

An apparatus comprising:

• a participant list generator to, responsive to a command to add a security device to a secured group of devices in a network to prevent malicious activity, add the security device to a participant device list including one or more endpoint devices and a control plane server to generate an updated participant device list;
• a privilege controller to, based on a policy indicated in the command, set read and write privileges for the security device;
• a command controller to, based on the command, determine whether to generate a shared communication key using a shared system key;
• and
• a communication processor to encrypt communications with the one or more endpoint devices with the shared communication key.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:

• responsive to a command to add a security device to a secured group of devices in a network to prevent malicious activity, add the security device to a participant device list including one or more endpoint devices and a control plane server to generate an updated participant device list;
• based on a policy indicated in the command, set read and write privileges for the security device;
• based on the command, determine whether to generate a shared communication key using a shared system key;
• and
• encrypt communications with the one or more endpoint devices with the shared communication key.

A method comprising:

• responsive to a command to add a security device to a secured group of devices in a network to prevent malicious activity, adding the security device to a participant device list including one or more endpoint devices and a control plane server to generate an updated participant device list;
• based on a policy indicated in the command, setting read and write privileges for the security device;
• based on the command, determining whether to generate a shared communication key using a shared system key;
• and
• encrypting communications with the one or more endpoint devices with the shared communication key.