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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Scott Robertson, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Darrin Joseph Miller, Marysville, OH (US);

Sunil Navinchandra Amin, Atlanta, GA (US);

Paul Wayne Bigbee, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example embodiment, a threat detection server receives metadata of a network flow in a network; a zone definition that correlates the metadata of the network flow with a first zone of network devices in the network and a second zone of network devices in the network, where the network flow was transmitted from the first zone to the second zone; and a security policy for the network flow, where the security policy is enforced on the basis of the first zone and the second zone. Based on the zone definition, the threat detection server annotates a flow record that includes the metadata with an indication of the first zone and the second zone. Based on the annotated flow record and the security policy, the threat detection server determines whether to generate a notification associated with a detection of a security threat associated with the network flow.


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