Proofpoint, Inc.

Socialware, Inc.

Christopher Lee Richter

Cameron Blair Cooper

Embodiments disclosed herein provide secure communication among enterprise users utilizing social networking sites. A server computer may encrypt a post intended for a social networking site and forward the encrypted data or may save the post locally and send a placeholder to the social networking site. The server may receive a message from the social networking site containing the encrypted data or placeholder and determine that a recipient is authorized to view the original post. The server may then decrypt the data or retrieve the original post for servicing the request. In this way, authorized users of an enterprise can utilize social networking sites, which are independently owned and operated, to communicate with each other in a secure manner.

Method, system, and storage medium for secure communication utilizing social networking sites

Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system, method, and computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for implementing a Socialware architecture encompassing a suite of applications for continuously and adaptively monitoring and filtering traffic to and from social networking sites, particularly useful in an enterprise computing environment. In some embodiments, an appliance may be coupled to a proxy server for providing a plurality of Socialware services, including analyzing, logging, and reporting on traffic to and from social networking sites. Some embodiments may allow a user to report, identify, and prevent malicious and potentially malicious content and/or activity by another user. Some embodiments may encrypt outgoing traffic to and decrypt incoming traffic from social networking sites. Some embodiments may provide an enterprise user to define and restrict certain social networking activities outside of the enterprise computing environment.

Method, system, and storage medium for adaptive monitoring and filtering traffic to and from social networking sites

Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system, method, and computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for secure communication among enterprise users who are members of social networking sites. Software implemented on a server within the enterprise that handles all traffic to and from the social networking sites may encrypt a post intended for a social networking site and forward the encrypted data or may save the post locally and send a placeholder to the social networking site. The server may receive a request containing the encrypted data or placeholder and determine that the recipient is authorized to view the original post. The server may then decrypt the data or retrieve the original post for servicing the request. In this way, authorized users of the enterprise can utilize the social networking site, which is independent of and external to the enterprise, to communicate with each other in a secure manner.

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Cedar Park, TX, United States of America

Christopher Lee Richter