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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Nile Global, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Katukam, Milpitas, CA (US);
Promode Nedungadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Shiv Mehra, Saratoga, CA (US);
Steve Alexander, Woodside, CA (US);
NILE GLOBAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network segmentation of a network deployed at a customer site involves establishing a tunnel between a network device of the network deployed at the customer site and a network port of a switch of the network deployed at the customer site, when a wired device is plugged into the network port of the switch, transmitting network traffic between the wired device and the network device through the tunnel, facilitating a security operation regarding the wired device, and based on a result of the security operation, performing a network segmentation operation regarding the wired device.