Automatic segment naming in microsegmentation

A method comprising:

• obtaining network communication information about hosts in a network and applications executed on the hosts;
• automatically generating one or more microsegments in the network based on analysis of the obtained network communication information, wherein each microsegment of the one or more microsegments is a grouping of resources including the hosts and the applications executed on the hosts that have rules for network communication;
• automatically configuring and applying rules for each of one or more desired behaviors in one or more microsegments, wherein the rules are executed by agents on the hosts;
• automatically generating a meaningful name for the one or more microsegments based on a plurality of techniques applied to information associated with the hosts, wherein a technique of the plurality of techniques includes use of a string similarity among hostnames of the hosts in a given microsegment, and wherein the string is modified by utilizing a second substring and/or appending something random to the string;
• responsive to a first microsegments generated name being similar to a second microsegments name, forcing the second microsegment to change its name, this process being repeated until the naming is stabilized;
• and
• displaying the automatically generated one or more microsegments and the corresponding automatically generated meaningful name.

A server comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to
• obtain network communication information about hosts in a network and applications executed on the hosts,
• automatically generate one or more microsegments in the network based on analysis of the obtained network communication information, wherein each microsegment of the one or more microsegments is a grouping of resources including the hosts and the applications executed on the hosts that have rules for network communication,
• automatically configuring and applying rules for each of one or more desired behaviors in one or more microsegments, wherein the rules are executed by agents on the hosts,
• automatically generate a meaningful name for the one or more microsegments based on a plurality of techniques applied to information associated with the hosts, wherein a technique of the plurality of techniques includes use of a string similarity among hostnames of the hosts in a given microsegment, and wherein the string is modified by utilizing a second substring and/or appending something random to the string,
• responsive to a first microsegments generated name being similar to a second microsegments name force the second microsegment to change its name, this process being repeated until the naming is stabilized, and
• cause display of the automatically generated one or more microsegments and the corresponding automatically generated meaningful name.