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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Smith, Acton, MA (US);
Aparna Ayikkara, Brookline, NH (US);
Omar Baba, Winchester, MA (US);
Daniel Einspanjer, Salem, NH (US);
Anthony Gelsomini, Westwood, MA (US);
Thomas C. Hickman, Hollis, NH (US);
Peter Kahn, Southborough, MA (US);
Thomas Evan Keiser, Jr., Boston, MA (US);
Andriy Kochura, North Andover, MA (US);
Nikitha Koppu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Scott Laplante, Bedford, NH (US);
Xing Li, Burlington, MA (US);
Raymond Brian Liu, Lexington, MA (US);
Sean Lutner, Norfolk, MA (US);
Michael J. Melson, Arlington, MA (US);
Peter Nahas, Watertown, MA (US);
John O'Neil, Watertown, MA (US);
Herman Parfenov, Andover, MA (US);
Joseph Riopel, Worcester, MA (US);
Suji Suresh, Westford, MA (US);
Harry Sverdlove, North Reading, MA (US);
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for microsegmentation includes receiving information related to hosts and applications operating in a network where the information was obtained based on a survey of the network; identifying a plurality of microsegments utilizing the information, each microsegment includes a set of hosts similar to one another; for each of the plurality of microsegments, identifying security policies that control access to hosts in each microsegment; and providing the plurality of microsegments and corresponding security policies for approval thereof.