Abstract: A policy developer studio comprising: a meta-policy core of network objects, a policy developer graphical user interface (GUI) tool for providing a front end to a policy language, an output in XML, a compiled output for a policy engine, and an output in human readable form is provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 17, 2007
Assignee:
Security, Inc.
Inventors:
Luis Valente, John R. Guzik, Derek P. Pearcy
Abstract: A method and apparatus uses a proprietary algorithm for organizing network security policy rules in a way that minimizes the number of rules considered when determining the set of rules applicable to a given protocol event.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2006
Assignee:
Security, Inc.
Inventors:
Geoffrey Cooper, Kieran G. Sherlock, Bob Shaw, Luis Valente