Watchguard Technologies, Inc.

Nick Takaski Marvais

David Wayne Bonn

Todd Alan Wallen

Han Zhang

Lee W Bothwell

Johnni M Aguirre

Roger Brian Alan Klorese

William James Smith

Sin-Yaw Wang

Shari Marlie McLaren

Yong Wang

Peter M Rothermel

A configuration service comprises a deployment package and a production configuration for a network security device. One or more configuration parameters of the production configuration may be defined by an administrator of the network security device (e.g., the customer). The network security device may be preconfigured with a network address and identifier. The network security device may be configured to automatically request and apply the deployment package at deployment time by use of the preconfigured network address and identifier. The network security device may automatically request and apply the production configuration from the configuration service in response to applying the deployment package.

Systems and methods for the rapid deployment of network security devices

The present invention is directed to a facility for adapting a network security policy model for use in a particular network. The facility retrieves the network security policy model, which comprises network security rules each specified with respect to one or more aliases. Each alias represents a role in a network for one or more network elements. The facility receives, for each alias included in the network security policy model, a list of one or more network elements in the network serving the role represented by the alias. The facility replaces each alias in the network security policy model with the received list of network security devices specified for the alias to produce a network security policy adapted for use in a network.

Generalized network security policy templates for implementing similar network security policies across multiple networks

The present invention is directed to a facility for using a security policy manager device to remotely manage multiple network security devices (NSDs). The manager device can also use one or more intermediate supervisor devices to assist in the management. Security for the communication of information between various devices can be provided in a variety of ways. The system allows the manager device to create a consistent security policy for the multiple NSDs by distributing a copy of a security policy template to each of the NSDs and by then configuring each copy of the template with NSD-specific information. For example, the manager device can distribute the template to multiple NSDs by sending a single copy of the template to a supervisor device associated with the NSDs and by then having the supervisor device update each of the NSDs with a copy of the template. Other information useful for implementing security policies can also be distributed to the NSDs in a similar manner. The system also allows a manager device to retrieve, analyze and display all of the network security information gathered by the various NSDs while implementing security policies. Each NSD can forward its network security information to a supervisor device currently associated with the NSD, and the manager device can retrieve network security information of interest from the one or more supervisor devices which store portions of the information and then aggregate the retrieved information in an appropriate manner.

Managing multiple network security devices from a manager device

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Shoreline, WA, United States of America

Nick Takaski Marvais