Symantec Corporation

Shree Raman

Timothy Micheal Wyatt

Bruce Christopher Wootton

Hai Chen

John Gerald Ferguson

Pushkar Tiwari

Dirk Kessler

Markus Te Grotenhuis

Stefano Paoletti

Dinesh Coca

Rohit Surve

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

A method and apparatus for selectively removing a data element that triggers a policy violation from a web request to an interactive website. In one method, the method identifies a policy for protecting source data, having a plurality of data elements. The method further evaluates a web request sent to an interactive website as part of a web-based application, and determines that the web request includes at least one data element triggering a violation of the policy. The method determines the data boundaries of the web request, and selectively removes data content within the data boundaries containing the at least one data element that triggered the violation to allow the web request to be processed by the interactive website as if it were the original web request containing the at least one data element.

Selective removal of protected content from web requests sent to an interactive website

A method and apparatus for selectively removing a data element that triggers a policy violation from a web request to an interactive website. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method identifies a policy for protecting source data, having a plurality of data elements. The method further evaluates a web request sent to an interactive website as part of a web-based application, and determines that the web request includes at least one of the plurality of data elements triggering a violation of the policy. The method determines the data boundaries of the web request, and selectively removes data content within the data boundaries containing the at least one data element that triggered the violation to allow the web request to be processed by the interactive website as if it were the original web request containing the at least one data element.

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.

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Shree Raman