System and method for implementing universal cloud classification (ucc) as a service (uccaas)

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable medium, storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• assigning, by a controller in a cloud environment, one or more IDs to yield cloud identification information;
• extracting, from a data flow, the cloud identification information;
• generating one or more policies based on the cloud identification information, the one or more policies defined without device inspection to obtain a direct understanding of the one or more IDs;
• and
• transmitting the one or more policies to an application to conform packet handling of the data flow.

A computer-readable storage device storing instructions via a non-transitory storage medium which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• assigning, by a controller in a cloud environment, one or more IDs to yield cloud identification information;
• extracting, from a data flow, the cloud identification information;
• generating one or more policies based on the cloud identification information, the one or more policies defined without device inspection to obtain a direct understanding of the one or more IDs;
• and
• transmitting the one or more policies to an application to conform packet handling of the data flow.