Policy remapping upon network events

Abstract

The techniques described herein relate to a method including: generating a first network policy and a second network policy at a forwarding device within a network, wherein the first network policy is applied to a first traffic classification and the second network policy is applied to a second traffic classification; obtaining first traffic from an endpoint device; classifying the first traffic with the first traffic classification; applying, at the forwarding device, the first network policy to the first traffic; obtaining, at the forwarding device, an indication of a network event within the network; obtaining second traffic from the endpoint device; classifying the second traffic with the second traffic classification in response to obtaining the indication of the network event; and applying, at the forwarding device, the second network policy to the second traffic.