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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cameron Blair Cooper, Lakeway, TX (US);
Christopher Lee Richter, Cedar Park, TX (US);
PROOFPOINT, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide secure communication among enterprise users utilizing social networking sites. A server computer may encrypt a post intended for a social networking site and forward the encrypted data or may save the post locally and send a placeholder to the social networking site. The server may receive a message from the social networking site containing the encrypted data or placeholder and determine that a recipient is authorized to view the original post. The server may then decrypt the data or retrieve the original post for servicing the request. In this way, authorized users of an enterprise can utilize social networking sites, which are independently owned and operated, to communicate with each other in a secure manner.