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Method and apparatus for enhancing security on an enterprise network

  • US 20070150947A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2005
  • Published: 06/28/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A communication network comprising:

  • a network management station, a central security server, and a plurality of hosts, each of said hosts implementing a security agent, wherein the network management station is configured to interface a network manager to enable the network manager to specify policy to be used in connection with defining aspects of communications between the hosts on the communication network, the central security server is configured to receive the policy from the network management station and store the policy, and the security agents in the hosts are configured to retrieve at least a portion of the policy from the central security server and implement the retrieved portion of the policy in connection with traffic to be transmitted on the network.

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