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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2012
Applicants:

James Michael Hugard, Iv, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Robin Keir, Glen Allen, VA (US);

Joshua Cajetan Rebelo, Bangalore, IN;

Ofir Arkin, Petah Tikva, IL;

Sven Schrecker, San Marcos, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Michael Hugard, IV, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Robin Keir, Glen Allen, VA (US);

Joshua Cajetan Rebelo, Bangalore, IN;

Ofir Arkin, Petah Tikva, IL;

Sven Schrecker, San Marcos, CA (US);

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A plurality of system entities described in an asset repository are identified, the asset repository defining a particular hierarchical organization of the plurality of system entities within a computing environment. A particular system entity in the plurality of system entities is tagged with a particular tag. The particular system entity is associated with a particular security policy based on the particular system entity being tagged with the particular tag. The particular security policy is applied to system entities in the asset repository tagged with one or more tags in a particular set of tags including the particular tag.


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