Methods and apparatus to assign security in networked computing environments

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that,

• when executed cause a machine to at least:
• analyze, using deep packet inspection, a network communication from a virtual machine in a software defined network environment to determine an identifier of an application;
• and
• determine an application type executing on the virtual machine;
• determine if a security group exists for the application type;
• and
• present a recommendation to create a security group for the application type when a security group for the application type does not exist.

A method comprising:

• analyzing a network communication from a virtual machine in a software defined network environment to determine an identifier of an application;
• determining an application type executing on the virtual machine;
• determining if a security group exists for the application type;
• and
• presenting a recommendation to create a security group for the application type when a security group for the application type does not exist.