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Patent No.:

US 9805204 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Carey S. Nachenberg, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 17/30109 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining that files found on client devices comprise sensitive information may include (1) maintaining, on a server, a set of representations of files that have been classified as sensitive according to a data loss prevention policy, (2) receiving, from a client device, a message that includes a representation of a file on the client device, (3) determining that the representation of the file on the client device matches the representation of a sensitive file from the set of representations of files, (4) concluding, based on the representation of the file on the client device matching the representation of the sensitive file, that the file on the client device includes sensitive information, and (5) performing a security action in response to concluding that the file on the client device includes the sensitive information. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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Nachenberg, Carey. (2017). Systems and methods for determining that files found on client devices comprise sensitive information (U.S. Patent No. 9805204). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9805204

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