Patent ID: 9059973
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for securing sensitive information in a network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being configured to: identify one or more network processing elements as elements processing network traffic; analyze packets received by and/or transmitted by the identified network processing elements for sensitive information; classify selected members of the identified network processing elements as elements processing sensitive information; create a list of the classified selected members, wherein the list includes at least one entry, associated with the classified selected members, selected from the group: a virtual machine IP address, a virtual machine database access, a packet data classification, an action suggested for a packet source or an action suggested for a packet destination; and move the classified selected members into a secure group of network processing elements based on the list of classified selected members and the at least one entry.