A method for selecting either a first malware analysis system or a second malware analysis system to analyze a file is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, at a network security element, a file sent between a first device and a second device, the file having one or more associated attributes; analyzing, at the network security element, the one or more attributes of the file; selecting, based on the analyzing, either the first malware analysis system or the second malware analysis system as a selected malware analysis system for malware analysis of the file; and providing the file to the selected malware analysis system.