US Patent 9654513 Automated network security policy deployment in a dynamic environment

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for automatically deploying a network security policy based on virtual network topology in a dynamic software defined network (SDN) comprising: providing a flow control interface in a dynamic SDN wherein the flow control interface receives virtual network topology, operational endpoints, and policy to apply to the operational endpoints; responsive to receiving an SDN change indication, identifying changes to enforcement points for an SDN change corresponding to the SDN change indication; and, providing enforcement points affected by the SDN change with a policy reflecting the SDN change.