Systems and methods for application placement in a network based on host security posture

US11539735B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Supreeth Rao · Cupertino, US
• Navindra Yadav · San Jose, US
• Prasannakumar Jobigenahally Malleshaiah · Sunnyvale, US
• Tapan Shrikrishna Patwardhan · Mountain View, US
• Umamaheswaran Arumugam · San Jose, US
• Darshan Shrinath Purandare · Fremont, US
• Aiyesha Ma · San Francisco, US
• Matthew Lawson Finn, II · Holly Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/5027
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for application placement can include the following processes. A security score service determines a respective security posture score for each of a plurality of candidate hosts of an enterprise network. A user then identify a set of performance parameters and security parameters for a host in an enterprise network to execute a workload thereon. An application placement engine selects a host from the plurality of candidate hosts having a security posture score matching the performance parameters and the security parameters for executing the workload. An application deployment engine places the workload on the host.