Patent ID: 11949657
Assignee: PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to,
determine a boundary of a private network, wherein the instructions to determine the boundary of the private network comprise instructions to determine a plurality of devices within the private network that are capable of interfacing with a public network, wherein the boundary of the private network comprises the determined plurality of devices;
based on monitoring the private network, detect an event that changes the boundary of the private network, wherein the event involves at least one of an existing one of the plurality of devices and a new device capable of interfacing with a public network, wherein the change to the boundary poses a security risk to the private network;
determine an action to address the security risk based, at least in part, on a type of the event, wherein the type of the event corresponds to the at least one of the existing one of the plurality of devices and the new device; and
perform the determined action.