Method and system for automatically curating intrusion detection signatures for workloads based on contextual attributes in an sddc

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of implementing an intent-based intrusion detection and prevention system in a datacenter that includes at least one host computer executing multiple machines. The method receives multiple contextual attributes associated with a set of data messages processed by the multiple machines executing on the at least one host computer, the multiple contextual attributes including contextual attributes that are not L2-L4 attributes and that define a compute environment in which one or more workloads performed by the multiple machines executing on the at least one host computer operate. The method uses the received multiple contextual attributes to perform a filtering operation to identify, from multiple intrusion detection signatures, a set of intrusion detection signatures applicable to the one or more workloads. The method provides the identified set of intrusion detection signatures to an intrusion detection system operating on the particular host computer for enforcement.