1. A method of managing a potential security threat to a network, the method comprising: monitoring network data received at a network system within a network at a network management system; determining whether the network data received at the network system poses a potential security threat to the network at the network management system; identifying a threat type associated with the potential security threat based on the determination at the network management system; identifying a threat assessment system operable to evaluate the identified threat type at the network management system; and issuing a command from the network management system to the network system to mirror network data received at the network system to the identified threat assessment system.