Patent ID: 8726338

Claim:
A network system comprising: a mobile network that couples to a public network; a plurality of mobile devices that access the mobile network; at least one network security device positioned upstream from the mobile devices at the edge of the mobile network and between the mobile network and the public network; and a management system that includes: a network server comprising a shared database; and a mobile device manager (MDM) device that manages the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the MDM device includes: at least one interface that receives a report message from one of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the report message specifies a threat to the mobile network originating from the public network; and a control unit that publishes the threat to the shared database; and a network management system (NMS) that manages the at least one network security device, wherein the NMS includes: at least one interface that receives data from the shared database of the network server identifying the threat to the mobile network originating from the public network; and a control unit that generates a security policy that specifies one or more actions to address the threat specified by the received data and installs the security policy in the at least one network security device so that the network security device performs the actions of the security policy to address the threat specified in the received message.