Systems and methods for centrally managed host and network firewall services

A system for protecting an enterprise network that is remote from the system, the system comprising one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors for:

• controlling communications to and from the enterprise network according to a set of security policies;
• controlling endpoint to endpoint connections within the enterprise network according to the set of security policies;
• receiving a request for modifications to one or more policies of the set of policies;
• automatically generating a policy digest formatted according to a predefined format, the policy digest comprising the modifications, and storing the policy digest in the memory;
• retrieving the policy digest from the memory;
• generating one or more calls to one or more system components that control the communications to and from the enterprise network and the endpoint to endpoint connections based on the policy digest;
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• modifying control of the communications to and from the enterprise network and the endpoint to endpoint connections based on the one or more calls.