Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Sanjoyan Mustafi

Pradeep Kamalakumar

Mohan Swaroop Maheshwari

Aashish Ramdas

Abhijit Pal

Karthik Reddy Gangidi

Ayal Ofer Laleh

The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to manage remote file storage systems while bolstering information security through file encryption on download and permissions labels. To achieve this, a site owner configures permissions for a network site that stores files and that enables encryption on download. Various users with file access via the permissions may then interact with the site. When a user downloads a file from the site, they receive an encrypted copy that includes a permissions label that synchronizes with the network site permissions. When a user attempts to interact with an encrypted file the permissions label is used by the system to determine whether the user is authorized to access the file. In addition, permissions that are changed at the network site can be propagated to downloaded encrypted copies. In this way, permissions can be enforced for all site files even when copies leave the network site.

Secure collaboration with file encryption on download

Disclosed herein is a system for enabling a default label to be configured for a network location created to store files. The default label can be assigned at a time when the files are uploaded to the network location. An owner of the network location can define the default label to be assigned to the files. Whenever an unlabeled file is uploaded to the network location, the unlabeled file automatically inherits the default label. Furthermore, the system is configured to consider an order of label priority when determining whether to assign a default label to a previously labeled file to be uploaded to the network location. The system is configured to upgrade a file with a preassigned label of lower priority to the default label, while permitting another file to be stored without a label change if the preassigned label is of higher priority compared to the default label.

Configuration of default sensitivity labels for network file storage locations

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