Patent 11108826 was granted and assigned to McAfee on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Techniques related to enhanced security modes for securing a network are disclosed. The techniques include a machine readable medium, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause a device to receive an indication of a security mode of a plurality of security modes, the security mode comprising a set of security settings associated with a set of network connected devices, of a plurality of network connected devices connected to a local network, and wherein the set of security settings comprises at least blocking network access of the set of network connected devices, select the set of network connected devices based on the indicated security mode, and directing an application of the set of security settings to the selected set of network connected devices.