Forcepoint LLC

Yuen-Pin Yeap

Roman Kleiner

Jason Wieland

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for enforcing a security policy, comprising: determining when an endpoint device initiates a web transaction with a web server, the endpoint device initiating the web transaction with a web-enabled application; establishing a side channel to a security service when the endpoint device initiates the web transaction with the web-enabled application; performing a categorization and policy enforcement operation via the security service in parallel with initiating the web transaction, the categorization and policy enforcement operation determining a security policy result regarding the web transaction; withholding content resulting from performance of the web transaction until the security policy result is provided by the security service, the content being withheld at the endpoint device; and, releasing the content resulting from the web transaction to the web-enabled application of the endpoint device upon receipt of an affirmative policy result from the security service.

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

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