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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Feng Li, Ontario, CA;

Adam Glick, Culver City, CA (US);

Brian Schlatter, Playa Vista, CA (US);

Akshata Krishnamoorthy Rao, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

CA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 21/316 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for controlling access to credentials may include (i) maintaining, by a computing device, a set of applications for which attempting to access digital credentials comprises anomalous behavior, (ii) monitoring, by the computing device, each application within the set of applications for attempts to access digital credentials, (iii) automatically detecting, while monitoring for attempts to access digital credentials, an attempt of an application in the set of applications to access a digital credential, and (iv) performing, in response to detecting the attempt to access the digital credential, a security action to secure the digital credential. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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