US Patent 12015594 Policy integration for cloud-based explicit proxy

A system for processing data that includes a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a proxy for each of a plurality of external network communications segments and internal network communications segments associated with a specific use, the first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that performs firewall processing for each of the plurality of external network communications segments and the internal network communications segments and wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.