Cisco Technology, Inc.

Aaron Troy Woland

Vivek Santuka

Stephen Michael Orr

Andrew E Ossipov

Jerome Henry

Hendrikus G P Bosch

Alessandro Duminuco

Sape Jurrien Mullender

Pok Wong

Adam J O'Donnell

Ahmed Bakry Helmy Ahmed

Moses Hernandez

Steven H Chimes

Jesse Ryan Dubois

Kannan Muthusamy

A network security device has at least one Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) access policy that permits traffic to flow to at least one resource associated with at least one FQDN. The network security device receives, from a managed endpoint device, a packet directed to the at least one resource associated with the at least one FQDN. The network security device obtains DNS information associated with the managed endpoint device and, based on the domain name system (DNS) information, substitutes a network address of the at least one resource into the at least one FQDN access policy to open a traffic flow to the at least one resource associated with the at least one FQDN. The network security device then provides the packet to the at least one resource associated with the at least one FQDN.

Endpoint-assisted access control for network security devices

This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically changing a user authorization with a service provider during an ongoing user session. The changing user authorization may be used to address changing confidence in an identity of a user consuming a service provided by the service provider. The changing user authorization may also be used to adjust a scope of a service to which a user has access. The present techniques may allow single-sign-on type protocols to accomplish the flexible and dynamic change-of-authorization functionality of some traditional protocols to handle ongoing client-server sessions, rather than simply revoking authorization for access to the service. For this reason, the present techniques are able to integrate advantages of traditional protocols with newer, single-sign-on-type protocols.

Dynamic user authorization with a service provider

Techniques for connecting known entities to a protected network are described. A user device with a certified application installed is authenticated with an identification repository. The authentication is accomplished using credentials associated with the certified application. The user device is also enrolled with an authentication server and the authenticated user device is connected to the protected network.

Access to secured networks for known entities

Embodiments herein describe segmenting a Wi-Fi network into different groups. The embodiments herein assign a user, a client device, or a traffic flow originating from a client device to a group. For example, all the client devices for a particular user can be assigned to the same group tag, or each traffic flow in the client device may be assigned to different groups. Each group corresponds to a group key which can be transmitted to the client device when the device associates to an access point (AP). As such, within the same service set identifier (SSID), there can be multiple groups, and thus, client devices can use different group keys to communicate with other client devices associated to the same SSID. Put differently, rather than all devices connected the same SSID being assigned to the same group, the client devices can be assigned in different groups.

Creating secure encrypted broadcast/multicast groups over wireless network

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.

Dynamic routing of files to a malware analysis system

A management server communicates with an authentication server that authenticates endpoints, which are configured to connect wirelessly with access points (APs) controlled by respective ones of a plurality of controllers. Weights for the APs and the controllers are stored. Event logs detailing requests for authentication of the endpoints are received. For each request, roaming conditions for the endpoint that triggered the request are determined. Also, a respective weight of one or more of the AP connected with the endpoint and of the controller that controls the AP is increased by a respective amount depending on whether the roaming conditions are caused by the AP and the controller being improperly configured or properly configured. Identities of ones of the APs and the controllers having weights that exceed one or more weight thresholds each indicative of an improperly configured AP or controller are stored.

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Aaron Troy Woland