The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
Pritesh Sharma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Mailen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harold Byun, Belmont, CA (US);
Pritesh Sharma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Mailen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harold Byun, Belmont, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for calculating a risk score of a data object may include obtaining a severity level associated with a data object. The severity level may be calculated based on presence of confidential information in the data object. The data object may be a file or a folder. The severity level may be calculated using a data loss prevention policy. The method may further include obtaining metadata associated with the data object. The metadata may comprise at least one of access permission data for the data object and access usage data for the data object. The method may further include calculating a risk score for the data object based on the severity level and the metadata associated with the data object.