Symantec Corporation

Pushkar Tiwari

Shree Raman

Dirk Kessler

Markus Te Grotenhuis

Stefano Paoletti

Rohit Surve

Dinesh Coca

The sources of emails sent from mobile devices using wireless email protocols can be identified. In one embodiment, the invention includes receiving a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)-formatted email sent from a mobile device as an HTTP request. An SMTP-compliant header identifying the mobile device is examined, that was inserted into the HTTP request using information contained in one or more HTTP headers of the HTTP request. Then, an email data loss prevention (DLP) policy specific to mobile devices is applied to the received email.

Source mobile device identification for data loss prevention for electronic mail

Content to be scanned for confidential information may be identified. A determination is made if the content includes confidential information. The determination may be based on at least one data loss prevention policy. When the content includes confidential information, a content management recommendation is created. The content management recommendation may comprise at least one of a recommendation pertaining to a storage of the content and a recommendation pertaining to a backup of the content. The content management recommendation may be provided to a content management system.

Method to create a content management recommendation based on presence of confidential information in content

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