Patent ID: 11916874
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. One or more machine readable storage devices comprising instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:
assign role tags to network devices included in a data flow path corresponding to a data flow path identifier, the role tags to specify respective roles of corresponding ones of the network devices, the role tags to include a source role tag and a destination role tag, the source role tag assigned to a first network device at which data enters the data flow path, and the destination role tag assigned to a second network device at which data exits the data flow path; and
in response to a notification that malicious activity is detected on the data flow path, cause a blocking flow rule to be transmitted to the first network device, the blocking flow rule to cause the first network device to block data from entering the data flow path.