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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2014
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Sarin Sumit Manmohan, Maharashtra, IN;

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for detecting data leaks may include (1) monitoring at least one data-distribution channel utilized by an entity, (2) detecting a plurality of full DLP policy violations and/or partial DLP policy violations committed by the entity by analyzing data distributed by the entity via the data-distribution channel, (3) determining that the entity's DLP policy violations cumulatively exceed a predetermined threshold, and (4) performing a security action in response to determining that the entity's DLP policy violations cumulatively exceed the predetermined threshold. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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