Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for assigning security in networked computing environments. An example apparatus includes a deep packet inspector to: analyze a network communication from a virtual machine in a software defined network environment to determine an identifier of an application; and determine an application type executing on the virtual machine; a security controller to determine if a security group exists for the application type; and a user interface to present a recommendation to create a security group for the application type when a security group does not exist for the application type. The example security controller is further to add the virtual machine to the security group when the security group for the application type exists.