Patent ID: 11863349
Assignee: NILE GLOBAL, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for network segmentation of a network deployed at a customer site, the method comprising:
establishing a tunnel between a network device of the network deployed at the customer site and a network port of a switch of the network deployed at the customer site, wherein establishing the tunnel between the network device of the network deployed at the customer site and the network port of the switch of the network deployed at the customer site comprises establishing a plurality of tunnels between the network device and a plurality of network ports of the switch, and wherein the tunnels are separate from each other;
when a wired device is plugged into the network port of the switch, transmitting network traffic between the wired device and the network device through the tunnel;
facilitating a security operation regarding the wired device, wherein facilitating the security operation regarding the wired device comprises:
at a cloud server, determining whether the wired device supports an authentication protocol or standard;
if the wired device supports the authentication protocol or standard, authenticating the wired device using an authentication protocol or standard, authentication request to the authentication server; and
if the wired device does not support the authentication protocol or standard, authenticating the wired device by checking the wired device against a network segmentation database; and

based on a result of the security operation, performing a network segmentation operation regarding the wired device.