Patent ID: 8024795

Claim:
A network security system comprising: a master network intelligence database; at least one network information agent gathering information about a plurality of networks and providing the information to the master network intelligence database; a customer network security-system, the customer network security system comprising: a customer network intelligence database updated with information from the master network intelligence database, the information from the master network intelligence database including verified network information of at least one other customer network registered at the master network intelligence database by the at least one customer network, the network information comprising network security detection, prevention and remediation capabilities of the at least one other customer network; a policy enforcer generating generic security rules based at least in part on the information in the customer network intelligence database; at least one device agent receiving the generic security rules from the policy enforcer and converting the generic security rules into device specific rules; and at least one security device securing a customer network by blocking and allowing data packets to and from the customer network according to the device specific rules from the device agents.