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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2013
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
William A. O'Hern, Spring Lake, NJ (US);
Edward G. Amoroso, Andover, NJ (US);
Michelle Barry, Odessa, FL (US);
Anthony Ramos, Gainesville, VA (US);
Daniel Solero, Mooresville, IN (US);
Duncan Kirkwood Sparrell, Oakton, VA (US);
Rodney Dilts, West River, MD (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for decoupling hardware and software components of network security devices to provide security software as a service in a distributed computing environment. A computer system includes a processor that can execute computer-executable instructions to perform various operations. The processor can perform operations to provide security services to one or more customer platforms. The operations can include receiving a network security software component from a security service provider, and deploying the network security software component within a distributed computing environment so that the network security software component can be executed by a computing resource of the distributed computing environment to provide a security service to the customer platform(s). The network security software component includes a software component that has been decoupled from a hardware component of a network security device by the security service provider.