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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Reuven Harrison, Tel Aviv, IL;
Michael Hamelin, Suwanee, GA (US);
Reuven Harrison, Tel Aviv, IL;
Michael Hamelin, Suwanee, GA (US);
Tufin Software Technologies Ltd., Ramat Gan, IL;
Abstract
There are provided a method of automated managing an ordered set of security rules implemented at one or more security gateways and a system thereof. The method comprises a) obtaining data characterizing a connectivity request which may become allowable only upon changes of an initial rule-set, thus giving rise to an unfitting connectivity request; b) automated searching for a rule within said ordered set of security rules, said rule best matching to be amended in order to facilitate allowance of the unfitting connectivity request, wherein best matching is defined in accordance with one or more predefined criteria; c) automated generating amendment of the best matching rule, said amendment capable to facilitate allowance of the unfitting connectivity request; and d) automated implementing the generated amendment at one or more relevant security gateways among said one or more security gateways. At least one predefined criterion may be related to extra allowed traffic resulting from the amendment and/or to requested traffic restricted after amendment because of shadowing by one or more rules above the amended rule.