Abstract: Systems and methods for machine learning and adaptive optimization are provided herein. A method includes continually receiving input that is indicative of client events, including client behaviors and respective outcomes of software trials of a product maintained in a database, continually segmenting open opportunities using the client behaviors and respective outcomes, continually scoring and prioritizing the open opportunities using the client behaviors and respective outcomes for targeting and re-targeting, continually adjusting targeted proposals to open opportunities and sourcing in prospects based on a targeting scheme, continually presenting targeted offers to create expansion opportunities and updating a product roadmap of the product using the open opportunities, the product roadmap including technical specifications for the product.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and apparatuses for recursive multi-layer examination for computer network security remediation may include: identifying one or more first communications originating from or directed to a first node; identifying at least one of a protocol and an application used for each of the one or more first communications; examining each of the one or more first communications for malicious behavior; receiving a first risk score for each of the one or more first communications responsive to the examining; determining the first risk score associated with one of the one or more first communications exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and indicating the first node and a second node in communication with the first node via the one of the one or more first communications are malicious. Exemplary methods may further include: providing the identified malicious nodes and communications originating from or directed to the malicious nodes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for producing a firewall rule set are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include receiving a declarative policy associated with a computer network security policy; collecting information from at least one external system of record; generating a firewall rule set using the declarative policy and information, the firewall rule set including addresses to or from which network communications are permitted, denied, redirected or logged, the firewall rule set being at a lower level of abstraction than the declarative policy; and provisioning the firewall rule set to a plurality of enforcement points of a distributed firewall, the firewall selectively policing network communications among workloads using the firewall rule set.

Abstract: A network system includes a first network access device having an input/output (IO) module of a firewall to capture a packet of a network session originated from a first node associated with the first network access device, a first security device having a firewall processing module to determine based on the captured packet whether the first node is a destination node that is receiving VM migration from a second node that is associated with a second network access device. The first security device is to update a first flow table within the first network access device. The network system further includes a second security device to receive a message from the first security device concerning the VM migration to update a second flow table of the second network access device, such that further network traffic of the network session is routed to the first node without interrupting the network session.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for security in virtualization, bare-metal server, and cloud computing environments are provided herein.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving analytics in a distributed network are described herein. An example system includes at least one processor, an analytics module, and a security policy module. The security policy module is operable to define a security policy. The security policy is executed by the processor on a network packet. Furthermore, the processor collects network information from the network packet. The analytics module is operable to analyze the network information with additional group information from the security policy. The analysis is used by the processor to generate the result. Based on the generated result, the security policy module updates the security policy.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving data communications between intra-server virtual machines are described herein. An example method may commence with receiving, from a first virtual machine, a data packet directed to a second virtual machine, routing the data packet via an external routing environment, and receiving the data packet allowed for delivery to the second virtual machine. Based on the receipt, it may be determined that a data flow associated with the data packet is allowed, and a unique identifier of the first virtual machine may be replaced with a first unique identifier and a unique identifier of the second virtual machine may be replaced with a second unique identifier. The first and second unique identifiers may be associated with corresponding interfaces of the intra-server routing module and used to direct the data flow internally within the server between the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine.

Abstract: Systems for providing security to distributed microservices are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of microservices, each of the plurality of microservices having a plurality of distributed microservice components. At least a portion of the distributed microservice components execute on different physical or virtual servers in a data center or a cloud. The system also includes a plurality of logical security boundaries, with each of the plurality of logical security boundaries being created by a plurality of enforcement points positioned in association with the plurality of distributed microservice components. Each of plurality of microservices is bounded by one of the plurality of logical security boundaries.

Abstract: Context aware microservice networks and contextual security policies for microservice networks are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of microservices, each of the plurality of microservices having a plurality of distributed microservice components. At least a portion of the distributed microservice components execute on different physical or virtual servers in a data center or a cloud. The system also includes a plurality of logical security boundaries, with each of the plurality of logical security boundaries being created by a plurality of enforcement points positioned in association with the plurality of distributed microservice components. Each of plurality of microservices is bounded by one of the plurality of logical security boundaries.

Abstract: Systems for providing scanning within distributed services are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of segmented environments that each includes an enforcement point that has an active probe device, and a plurality of workloads that each implements at least one service. The system also has a data center server coupled with the plurality of segmented environments over a network. The data center server has a security controller configured to provide a security policy to each of the plurality of segmented environments and an active probe controller configured to cause the active probe device of the plurality of segmented environments to execute a scan.

Abstract: Methods and systems for deception using distributed threat detection are provided. Exemplary methods by an enforcement point, the enforcement point communicatively coupled to a first data network and a second data network, the enforcement point not providing services in the second data network, include: receiving, from a first workload in the second data network, a data packet addressed to a second workload in the second data network, the data packet requesting a service from the second workload; determining the data packet is for unauthorized access of the second workload, the determining using at least some of a 5-tuple of the data packet; identifying a deception point using the service, the deception point being in the first data network and including a decoy for the service; and redirecting the data packet to the deception point in the first data network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering security functions to a distributed network are described herein. An exemplary method may include: processing a data packet received from a switch, the data packet directed to the at least one network asset; selectively forwarding the data packet using the processing and a rule set; inspecting the forwarded packet; directing the enforcement point to at least one of forward the data packet to the at least one network asset and drop the data packet, using the inspection and the rule set; accumulating data associated with at least one of the data packet, the processing, and the inspection; analyzing the at least one of the data packet, the processing, and the inspection; and initiating compilation of a high-level security policy by the compiler using the analysis to produce an updated rule set.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for a security system are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include: acquiring a firewall security policy from a policy compiler; receiving network traffic originating from a source machine and directed to a destination machine; analyzing the network traffic using the firewall security policy; forwarding or dropping each of the network traffic according to the security policy; and redirecting one or more network packets of the network traffic according to the security policy.

Abstract: Methods and systems for microsegmentation of data networks are provided herein. Exemplary methods include: receiving a high-level declarative policy; getting metadata associated with a plurality of containers from an orchestration layer; determining a low-level firewall rule set using the high-level declarative policy and the metadata; and configuring by a plurality of enforcement points a respective virtual switch of a plurality of virtual switches to process packets in accordance with the low-level firewall ruleset, the virtual switches being collectively communicatively coupled to the plurality of containers, such that network communications between a first group of containers and a second group of containers of the plurality of containers are not permitted, and communications between containers of the first group of containers are permitted.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for producing a firewall rule set are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include: receiving metadata about a deployed container from a container orchestration layer; determining an application or service associated with the deployed container from the received metadata; retrieving at least one model using the determined application or service, the at least one model identifying expected network communications behavior of the deployed container; and generating a high-level declarative security policy associated with the deployed container using the at least one model, the high-level declarative security policy indicating at least an application or service with which the deployed container can communicate.

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods comprising: writing entries in a forwarding table of a switch through an application programming interface (API) of the switch, such that first data packets from a first host and directed to a second host are forwarded by the switch to an enforcement point; receiving the first data packets; forwarding the first data packets to the enforcement point using the forwarding table; determining whether the first data packets violate a high-level security policy using a low-level rule set; configuring the forwarding table through the API such that second data packets are forwarded by the switch to the second host, in response to determining the first data packets do not violate the security policy; configuring the forwarding table through the API such that the second data packets are dropped or forwarded to a security function by the switch, in response to the determining.

Abstract: Methods and systems for granular segmentation of data networks are provided herein. Exemplary methods include: receiving from a metadata source event metadata associated with a workload; identifying a workload type using the event metadata; determining a high-level declarative security policy using the workload type; launching a compiler to generate a low-level firewall rule set using the high-level declarative policy and the event metadata; and configuring by a plurality of enforcement points a respective network switch of a plurality of network switches to process packets in accordance with the low-level firewall ruleset, the network switches being collectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of workloads, such that network communications between a first group of workloads of the plurality of workloads and the workload are not permitted, and between a second group of workloads of the plurality of workloads and the workload are permitted.

Abstract: Multi-node affinity-based examination for computer network security remediation is provided herein. Exemplary methods may include receiving a query that includes a selection of Internet protocol (IP) addresses belonging to nodes within a network, obtaining characteristics for the nodes, determining communications between the nodes and communications between the nodes and any other nodes not included in the selection, determining a primary affinity indicative of communication between the nodes and a secondary affinity indicative of communication between the nodes and the other nodes not included in the selection, and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes representations of the nodes in the range and the other nodes outside the range, placing links between the nodes in the selection and the other nodes not included in the selection based on the primary affinity and the secondary affinity, and providing the graphical user interface to a user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for TCP SYN flood protection. In one embodiment, a TCP SYN flood protection arrangement comprises a first device operable to process packet input and output functions, including performing sender verification with respect to a connection initiation from a sender for a first TCP connection between the sender and a destination server and a second device, separate from the first device, to perform one or more security processing operations on packets of the first TCP connection from the sender after the first device verifies the sender is legitimate.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and apparatuses for recursive multi-layer examination for computer network security remediation is provided herein. Exemplary methods may include: receiving a first identifier associated with a first node; retrieving first metadata using the first identifier; identifying a second node in communication with the first node using the first metadata; ascertaining a first characteristic of each first communication between the first and second nodes using the first metadata; examining each first communication for malicious behavior using the first characteristic; receiving a first risk score for each first communication responsive to the examining; determining the first risk score associated with one of the second communications exceeds a first predetermined threshold and indicating the first and second nodes are malicious. Exemplary methods may further include: providing the identified malicious nodes and communications originating from or directed to the malicious nodes.