公开(公告)号：US11902121B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17822656

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Khawar Deen ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Rohit Chandra Prasad ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Shih-Chun Chang

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  G06F16/00 ,  G06F21/60 ,  H04L43/045 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L41/0668 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/50 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L43/026 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/01 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/75 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04W72/54 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L47/2441 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L43/0876 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/16 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L41/22 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L47/20 ,  H04L47/32 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/2483 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L47/31 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L43/02 ,  H04L47/28 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L45/302 ,  H04L67/50

CPC classification number: H04L43/045 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F16/122 ,  G06F16/137 ,  G06F16/162 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/173 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/1744 ,  G06F16/1748 ,  G06F16/235 ,  G06F16/2322 ,  G06F16/2365 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/24578 ,  G06F16/285 ,  G06F16/288 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F21/552 ,  G06F21/556 ,  G06F21/566 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06T11/206 ,  H04J3/0661 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L1/242 ,  H04L9/0866 ,  H04L9/3239 ,  H04L9/3242 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/0668 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/16 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L43/02 ,  H04L43/026 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/0841 ,  H04L43/0858 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04L43/0876 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L45/306 ,  H04L45/38 ,  H04L45/46 ,  H04L45/507 ,  H04L45/66 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L47/20 ,  H04L47/2441 ,  H04L47/2483 ,  H04L47/28 ,  H04L47/31 ,  H04L47/32 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L63/0227 ,  H04L63/0263 ,  H04L63/06 ,  H04L63/0876 ,  H04L63/145 ,  H04L63/1408 ,  H04L63/1416 ,  H04L63/1425 ,  H04L63/1433 ,  H04L63/1441 ,  H04L63/1458 ,  H04L63/1466 ,  H04L63/16 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L67/01 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/75 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04W72/54 ,  H04W84/18 ,  G06F2009/4557 ,  G06F2009/45587 ,  G06F2009/45591 ,  G06F2009/45595 ,  G06F2221/033 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2105 ,  G06F2221/2111 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2145 ,  H04L67/535

Abstract: A method includes capturing first data associated with a first packet flow originating from a first host using a first capture agent deployed at the first host to yield first flow data, capturing second data associated with a second packet flow originating from the first host from a second capture agent deployed on a second host to yield second flow data and comparing the first flow data and the second flow data to yield a difference. When the difference is above a threshold value, the method includes determining that the second packet flow was transmitted by a component that bypassed an operating stack of the first host or a packet capture agent at the device to yield a determination, detecting that hidden network traffic exists, and predicting a malware issue with the first host based on the determination.

公开(公告)号：US20230123258A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US18054095

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Navindra Yadav ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Shih-Chun Chang ,  Hai Trong Vu

IPC: H04L43/045 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L41/0668 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/50 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L43/026 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/01 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/75 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04W72/54 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L47/2441 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L43/0876 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/16 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L41/22 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L47/20 ,  H04L47/32 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/2483 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L47/31 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L43/02 ,  H04L47/28 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L45/302

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing compromised sensors in multi-tiered virtualized environments. In some embodiments, a system can receive, from a first capturing agent deployed in a virtualization layer of a first device, data reports generated based on traffic captured by the first capturing agent. The system can also receive, from a second capturing agent deployed in a hardware layer of a second device, data reports generated based on traffic captured by the second capturing agent. Based on the data reports, the system can determine characteristics of the traffic captured by the first capturing agent and the second capturing agent. The system can then compare the characteristics to determine a multi-layer difference in traffic characteristics. Based on the multi-layer difference in traffic characteristics, the system can determine that the first capturing agent or the second capturing agent is in a faulty state.

公开(公告)号：US20230014842A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17935771

申请日：2022-09-27

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao ,  Sunil Kumar Gupta

IPC: H04L43/045 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L41/0668 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/50 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L43/026 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/01 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/75 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L47/2441 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L43/0876 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/16 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L41/22 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L47/20 ,  H04L47/32 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/2483 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L47/31 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L43/02 ,  H04L47/28 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L45/302

Abstract: An approach for establishing a priority ranking for endpoints in a network. This can be useful when triaging endpoints after an endpoint becomes compromised. Ensuring that the most critical and vulnerable endpoints are triaged first can help maintain network stability and mitigate damage to endpoints in the network after an endpoint is compromised. The present technology involves determining a criticality ranking and a secondary value for a first endpoint in a datacenter. The criticality ranking and secondary value can be combined to form priority ranking for the first endpoint which can then be compared to a priority ranking for a second endpoint to determine if the first endpoint or the second endpoint should be triaged first.

公开(公告)号：US20220407787A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17822656

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Khawar Deen ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Rohit Chandra Prasad ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Shih-Chun Chang

IPC: H04L43/045 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L41/0668 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/50 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L43/026 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/01 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/75 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L47/2441 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L43/0876 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/16 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L41/22 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L47/20 ,  H04L47/32 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/2483 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L47/31 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L43/02 ,  H04L47/28 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L45/302

Abstract: A method includes capturing first data associated with a first packet flow originating from a first host using a first capture agent deployed at the first host to yield first flow data, capturing second data associated with a second packet flow originating from the first host from a second capture agent deployed on a second host to yield second flow data and comparing the first flow data and the second flow data to yield a difference. When the difference is above a threshold value, the method includes determining that the second packet flow was transmitted by a component that bypassed an operating stack of the first host or a packet capture agent at the device to yield a determination, detecting that hidden network traffic exists, and predicting a malware issue with the first host based on the determination.

公开(公告)号：US20220109701A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17063864

申请日：2020-10-06

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Weifei Zeng ,  Sai Ankith Averineni ,  Omid Madani ,  Paul Mach ,  Yash Vipul Doshi ,  Sasidhar Evuru ,  Sayeed Mohammed Tasnim ,  Sameer Salim Mahomed Ali Ladiwala ,  Chakradhar Reddy Vangeti ,  Thanh Nhan Nguyen ,  Varun Malhotra ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Thanh Trung Ngo ,  Maxwell Aaron Mechanic

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04L12/24

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for discovering policy scopes within an enterprise network and managing network policies for discovered policy scopes. In one aspect, a method includes identifying one or more communities of devices in an enterprise network; defining, from the one or more communities of devices, policy scopes in the enterprise network; generating a hierarchical representation of the policy scopes; identifying, based on the hierarchical representation of the policy scopes, one or more policies governing traffic flow between devices associated with each of the policy scopes; and managing application of the one or more policies at the devices.

公开(公告)号：US20210392059A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17458191

申请日：2021-08-26

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Navindra Yadav ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Shih-Chun Chang ,  Hai Trong Vu

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04W84/18 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for updating configurations in sensors deployed in multi-layer virtualized environments. In some examples, a system can track information of sensors and collectors in the network. In response to determining that a specific collector becomes unavailable (e.g., the specific collector is down, offline or becomes unsupported), the system can determine affected sensors corresponding to the specific collector, determine a new collector among active collectors of the network for each of the affected sensors, and dynamically update configuration and settings of the affected sensors to maintain proper collector-to-sensor mappings and other settings on the affected sensors.

公开(公告)号：US11128552B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16173400

申请日：2018-10-29

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Vimalkumar Jeyakumar ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Roberto Fernando Spadaro

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W72/08 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining a packet's round trip time (RTT) in a network. A system can receive information of a packet sent by a component of the network and further determine an expected acknowledgement (ACK) sequence number associated with the packet based upon received information of the packet. The system can receive information of a subsequent packet received by the component and determine an ACK sequence number and a receiving time of the subsequent packet. In response to determining that the ACK sequence number of the subsequent TCP packet matches the expected ACK sequence number, the system can determine a round trip time (RTT) of the packet based upon the received information of the packet and the received information of the subsequent packet.

公开(公告)号：US11121948B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US15170765

申请日：2016-06-01

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Navindra Yadav ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Shih-Chun Chang ,  Hai Trong Vu

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04W84/18 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for updating configurations in sensors deployed in multi-layer virtualized environments. In some examples, a system can track information of sensors and collectors in the network. In response to determining that a specific collector becomes unavailable (e.g., the specific collector is down, offline or becomes unsupported), the system can determine affected sensors corresponding to the specific collector, determine a new collector among active collectors of the network for each of the affected sensors, and dynamically update configuration and settings of the affected sensors to maintain proper collector-to-sensor mappings and other settings on the affected sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20210152443A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17161968

申请日：2021-01-29

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Navindra Yadav ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Shih-Chun Chang ,  Hai Trong Vu

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04W84/18 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for annotating process and user information for network flows. In some embodiments, a capturing agent, executing on a first device in a network, can monitor a network flow associated with the first device. The first device can be, for example, a virtual machine, a hypervisor, a server, or a network device. Next, the capturing agent can generate a control flow based on the network flow. The control flow may include metadata that describes the network flow. The capturing agent can then determine which process executing on the first device is associated with the network flow and label the control flow with this information. Finally, the capturing agent can transmit the labeled control flow to a second device, such as a collector, in the network.

公开(公告)号：US10904116B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US15045202

申请日：2016-02-16

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Sunil Kumar Gupta ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Michael Standish Watts ,  Ali Parandehgheibi ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Ashutosh Kulshreshtha ,  Khawar Deen

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04W84/18 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.