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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sourabh Satish, Fremont, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for detecting misplaced applications using functional categories may include (1) identifying a functional category assigned to an application located on a computing system, the functional category describing a field of functionality that the application performs, (2) identifying an additional functional category assigned to at least one of the computing system and another application located on the computing system, (3) applying a security policy to both the functional category assigned to the application and the additional functional category to determine whether the application belongs on the computing system according to the security policy, and (4) performing a security action to protect users based on the application of the security policy to the functional category assigned to the application and the additional functional category. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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