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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Alejandro Roundy, El Segundo, CA (US);
Christopher Gates, Venice, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for automated whitelisting of files may include (1) obtaining telemetry information that identifies files located on a set of computing systems, (2) establishing a whitelist of files for the set of computing systems by, for each file identified by the telemetry information, (A) calculating an amount by which a cost for using the whitelist will increase if the file is included in the whitelist, (B) calculating an amount by which whitelist coverage of files in the set of computing devices will increase if the file is included in the whitelist, (C) determining whether to include the file in the whitelist by balancing the increase in the cost against the increase in whitelist coverage, and (3) using the whitelist to protect the set of computing systems from undesirable files. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.