Described embodiments provide systems and methods for selecting one or more firewall rules to apply to a server based at least on identifying a service of the server. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a serve may identify a pattern of a firewall to apply to a response from the server to a request from a client of the plurality of clients. The pattern may be to identify a service configured on the server. The device may determine that the response from the server matches the pattern. The device may identify, responsive to the response matching the pattern, that the service is configured on the server. The device may select, based at least on the service, one or more rules for the firewall to apply to responses from the server.