US Patent 9060025 Cloud-based security policy configuration

Systems and methods for configuring security policies based on cloud are provided. According to one embodiment, security parameters are shared on cloud by security devices. A first network appliance may fetch one or more security parameters shared by a second network appliance from a cloud account. Then the first network appliance automatically creates a security policy that controlling a connection between the first network appliance and the second network appliance based at least in part on the one or more security parameters.