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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus submitting information to be protected before permitting an outbound data transfer with the information is described. A DLP agent, incorporating a DLP submission tool, receives information of an outbound data transfer by the client computing system. The DLP agent can temporarily block the outbound data transfer and send a request to update a DLP policy to protect the information before permitting the outbound data transfer. The DLP agent subsequently receives receiving an indication that the DLP policy is updated to protect the information. After receiving the indication, the DLP agent permits the outbound data transfer.