Abstract: Federation policy exchange is provided in response to receiving a sharing query from an Access Point (AP) indicating that an associated wireless network supports federated identities with data sharing, determining whether the sharing query is within sharing preferences; and in response to determining that the sharing query is within the sharing preferences, transmitting, to the AP, a positive response for identity sharing that authorizes collection and sharing of identity data with at least one entity identified in a sharing policy for the associated wireless network. In various embodiments, federation policy exchange includes transmitting a support notification, via an AP, indicating support for federated identities with data sharing within a wireless network associated with the AP; and in response to receiving a first identify sharing preference from a User Equipment (UE) that indicates that negotiation is preferred, transmitting a sharing policy for the wireless network to the UE.

Abstract: This disclosure describes using a dynamic proxy for securing communications between a source within a cloud environment and an application container. The techniques include intercepting traffic directed to an application container, analyzing the traffic and traffic patterns, and allowing or preventing the traffic from being delivered to the application container based on the analysis. A traffic analysis engine may determine whether the traffic is considered safe and is to be allowed to be delivered to the application container, or whether the traffic is considered unsafe and is to be prevented from being delivered to the application container, According to some configurations, the address(es) to the network interfaces (e.g., WIFI or Eth0) are abstracted to help ensure security of the application containers.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe disconnecting, by an access node, a first device having a first media access control (MAC) address due to a network violation and receiving, by the access node, information about a second device having a second MAC address different from the first MAC address. In one embodiment, the information is generated by a certificate server based on a token generated by the second device. Further, when the access node determines, based on the information, that the second device is the first device, the access node denies a connection request from the second device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device obtains transaction data regarding a user account of an application performing a transaction within the application to access a particular document. The transaction data is captured by instrumentation code inserted into the application at runtime. The device identifies, based on the transaction data, a data mining policy for the transaction. The device generates, based on the data mining policy, identification information associated with the user account and the particular document. The device inserts, via the instrumentation code, tracing data into the particular document that causes a client that opens the particular document to send a web request for a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the identification information.

Abstract: Technologies for testing resiliency of a data network with real-world accuracy without affecting the flow of production data through the network. A method according to the technologies may include receiving a production data packet and determining a preferred data route toward a destination node for the production data packet based on a first routing information base, wherein the first routing information base includes a database where routes and route metadata are stored according to a routing protocol. The method may also include, receiving a test data packet, and determining an alternate data route toward the destination node for the test data packet based on a second routing information base, wherein the second routing information base simulates an error in the preferred data route. The method may include sending the production data packet to the preferred data route and sending the test data packet to the alternate data route.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device may obtain a media topology of nodes involved in a collaboration session. The device may cause each of a plurality of probes to be provisioned to a corresponding node of the nodes involved in the collaboration session to perform a test of a corresponding segment of the media topology, and each of the plurality of probes may be associated to a session identifier of the collaboration session. The device may determine observability information based on results of the plurality of probes for each segment of the media topology, and the results may include an indication of the session identifier. The device may correlate the observability information to the collaboration session based on the indication of the session identifier.

Abstract: Differentiated service in a federation-based access network is provided by receiving, with a request for access to a wireless network offering at least a two different service levels based on user identities, a set of user credentials from a User Equipment (UE); forwarding, for authentication, the set of user credentials to an identity provider in an identity federation with the wireless network, wherein the identity provider is independent from the wireless network; in response to determining that the set of user credentials indicate a realm known to be associated with a given service level, providing network access to the UE according to the given service level; and in response to determining that the given service level is not a highest service level in the wireless network, transmitting a list of preferred realms to the UE that are associated with higher service levels than the given service level.

Abstract: An authorization device obtains a registration request associated with an end device, the registration request including a new randomized media access control (MAC) address associated with the end device; determines whether the end device is authorized to use the new randomized MAC address; transmits a message to the end device with a first randomly generated number when it is determined that the end device is authorized to use the new randomized MAC address; obtains integrity information associated with the end device, the first integrity information being computed based on the first randomly generated number; transmits a request to a validation system to validate the end device based on the first integrity information; obtains an indication that the end device is validated; determines policies associated with the end device when it is determined that the end device is validated; and applies the policies to the end device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first deep fusion reasoning engine (DFRE) agent in a network receives first sensor data from a first set of one or more sensors in the network. The first DFRE agent translates the first sensor data into symbolic data. The first DFRE agent applies, using a symbolic knowledge base maintained by the first DFRE agent, symbolic reasoning to the symbolic data to make an inference regarding the first sensor data. The first DFRE agent updates, based on the inference regarding the first sensor data, the knowledge base. The first DFRE agent propagates the inference to one or more other DFRE agents in the network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: obtaining, by a device, a plurality of indications of errors experienced by a bot performing tasks, wherein each of the plurality of indications includes contextual information of a corresponding error; determining, by the device, correlated errors among the errors experienced by the bot; aggregating, by the device, contextual information of each of the correlated errors into aggregated contextual data; and providing, by the device, the aggregated contextual data with an error notification for a particular correlated error.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a service chain data packet is instrumented as it is communicated among network nodes in a network providing service-level and/or networking operations visibility. The service chain data packet includes a particular header identifying a service group defining one or more service functions, and is a data packet and not a probe packet. A network node adds networking and/or service-layer operations data to the particular service chain data packet, such as, but not limited to, in the particular header. Such networking operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the transport of the particular service chain packet in the network. Such service-layer operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the service-level processing of the particular service chain data packet in the network.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to shield transmissions from being received and the information contained in them recovered by unwanted devices. Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) techniques are employed, and in particular the spatial dimension aspects of those techniques. Shield nodes are controlled to transmit in a way to obscure the downlink streams transmitted by a wireless access point that are intended for a particular client device to anything outside of the shielded area, and also to obscure uplink streams from one or more client devices to the wireless access point to anything outside of the shielded area but allowing the uplink streams to be well received by the wireless access point.

Abstract: Federated multi-access edge computing availability notifications may be provided by: transmitting, from a User Equipment (UE) to a node of a wireless network of a federated service, an attach request for the wireless network that includes authentication credentials for an independent identity provider in an identity federation, wherein the independent identity provider is external and independent from the wireless network and used to authenticate the UE to the wireless network; forwarding, from the node to the independent identity provider, the authentication credentials; transmitting, from the independent identity provider to the node, an authentication success message; receiving, at the UE via the node, the authentication success message; transmitting, from the UE to the node, a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) query; and receiving, at the UE from the node, a MEC response that identifies MEC resources that are available to the UE.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a method and associated network device. The method includes authenticating an identity of a user of a client device after the client device is associated with an access network provider. Authenticating the identity of the user comprises receiving, from an identity provider, a credential associated with the identity, and receiving, from the identity provider, information identifying a network-based service to be applied to network traffic with the client device. The method further includes establishing, using the credential and the received information, a secure connection between the access network provider and a service provider that is capable of providing the network-based service. The method further includes receiving network traffic from the service provider. Packets of the network traffic include an assurance value that enables the client device to determine that the network-based service is being provided by the service provider.

Abstract: Technologies for proving packet transit through uncompromised nodes are provided. An example method can include receiving a packet including one or more metadata elements generated based on security measurements from a plurality of nodes along a path of the packet; determining a validity of the one or more metadata elements based on a comparison of one or more values in the one or more metadata elements with one or more expected values calculated for the one or more metadata elements, one or more signatures in the one or more metadata elements, and/or timing information associated with the one or more metadata elements; and based on the one or more metadata elements, determining whether the packet traversed any compromised nodes along the path of the packet.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a service chain data packet is instrumented as it is communicated among network nodes in a network providing service-level and/or networking operations visibility. The service chain data packet includes a particular header identifying a service group defining one or more service functions, and is a data packet and not a probe packet. A network node adds networking and/or service-layer operations data to the particular service chain data packet, such as, but not limited to, in the particular header. Such networking operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the transport of the particular service chain packet in the network. Such service-layer operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the service-level processing of the particular service chain data packet in the network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device obtains transaction data regarding a transaction attempted by a client of an online application within the online application. The transaction data is captured by instrumentation code inserted into the online application at runtime. The device identifies, based on the transaction data, traffic in a network associated with the transaction. The device associates, based on the transaction data, a measure of importance with the traffic. The device causes the traffic to be sent by a networking device in the network according to its associated measure of importance.

Abstract: Methods are provided to perform a name resolution triggered monitoring agent selection for full stack observability. The methods involve obtaining a name resolution request for an enterprise service to be accessed by an endpoint device. A plurality of service instances are configured to provide the enterprise service. The methods further involve determining, based on the name resolution request, a monitoring agent from a plurality of monitoring agents of a monitoring service that monitors performance of the enterprise service and selecting a service instance, from the plurality of service instances, that is associated with the monitoring agent in a name resolution record. The methods further involve providing, to the endpoint device, location information for accessing the service instance and provisioning the monitoring agent to monitor the performance of the enterprise service executed by the service instance for the endpoint device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method herein comprises: establishing, by a process, a virtual private network connection (VPN connection) with a particular VPN gateway; requesting, by the process, observability monitoring through the particular VPN gateway, wherein requesting results in a controller being informed about the particular VPN gateway and a domain of the particular VPN gateway; receiving, by the process, test specifics from the controller based on the particular VPN gateway and the domain of the particular VPN gateway; and executing, by the process, one or more tests to the particular VPN gateway based on the test specifics.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate infrastructure and policy orchestration in a shared workspace network environment. In one example, a method may include obtaining, by a service broker, a reservation request from a consumer network for a consumer, wherein the reservation request seeks a reservation to reserve, at least in part, at least one workspace device for the consumer for a workspace for a particular day and a particular time period; based on determining that the at least one workspace device is available, providing a response to the consumer network that includes a first indicator for identifying the reservation of the workspace and at least one second indicator identifying the at least one workspace device; and upon receiving a session request from the consumer network that includes the second indicator, establishing a management tunnel to interconnect the consumer network and the at least one workspace device via the service broker.