IP Library Patent Application 14535134
Patent Application
App. No. 14/535,134

AUTOMATIC NETWORK FIREWALL POLICY DETERMINATION

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App. No.
14/535,134
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying a first business tool and a second business tool, accessing security policy templates for the first and second business tools, compiling a security policy script by combining the security policy templates including identifying and resolving conflicting security policies, and monitoring network traffic of the first and second business tools based on the security policy script.

Claims (27)

1 . A method comprising:

identifying a first business tool and a second business tool;

accessing security policy templates for the first and second business tools;

compiling a security policy script by combining the security policy templates wherein compiling the security templates comprises identifying and resolving conflicting security policies; and

monitoring network traffic of the first and second business tools based on the security policy script,

wherein identifying, accessing, compiling, and monitoring are performed by one or more computer processors.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring network traffic comprises applying the security policy script to a network security system, causing the network security system to monitor network traffic of the first and second business tools based on the security policy script.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a particular business tool comprises:

inspecting network traffic of a previously unknown software; and

determining whether the network traffic of the previously unknown software has characteristics matching a network traffic signature of the particular business tool.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein resolving conflicting security policies comprises adding, removing, or updating one or more of the identified conflicting security policies.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising heuristically updating the security policy script including:

inspecting network traffic of the first and second business tools for respective network traffic characteristics; and

updating the security policy script by adding, removing, or updating one or more particular security policies from the security policy script based on the respective network traffic characteristics.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating at least one of the security policy templates based on at least one of the identified conflicting security policies.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a particular business tool is a payment processing system, point of sale system, phone system, or online reservation system.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a particular business tool comprises receiving an identifier of the particular business tool from a graphical user interface of a remote computer system.

10 . A system comprising one or more computer processors programed to perform operations comprising:

receiving user selection of a business category in a first interface of a first computer system; and

receiving user selection of one or more business tools in a second interface of the first computer system and, based thereon:

accessing a data store for security policy templates for the selected business tools;

compiling a security policy script by combining the security policy templates wherein compiling the security templates comprises identifying and resolving conflicting security policies; and

applying the security policy script to a network security system, causing the network security system to monitor network traffic of the selected business tools to or from the first computer system based on the security policy script.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein a particular selected business tool is a payment processing system, point of sale system, phone system, or online reservation system for the selected business category.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more computer processors are programed to perform further operations comprising:

receiving user selection of a restriction level for network traffic in a third interface of the first computer and, based thereon, compiling the security policy script further based on the restriction level.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the network traffic of the selected business tools to or from the first computer system is based, at least, on a network tunneling protocol.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: OMNINET, INC.
To: NEWCO OMNINET PURCHASER, LLC
Reel/Frame 057194/0948 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: MYDIGITALSHIELD, INC.; WIREPATH HOME SYSTEMS, LLC DBA SNAP AV
To: OMNINET, INC.
Reel/Frame 057291/0150 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2014
From: BAGRIN, ANDREW
To: MYDIGITALSHIELD, INC.
Reel/Frame 034201/0068 →