Data leak prevention from a device with an operating system

US8978092B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8978092-B2
Application numberUS-201213398909-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 17, 2012
Priority dateFeb 17, 2012
Publication dateMar 10, 2015
Grant dateMar 10, 2015

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A data leak from a computer can be prevented by intercepting one or more system calls from an unknown application and applying different policies to the intercepted action associated with the system call(s) depending on the data itself and the metadata of a document associated with the system call.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: capturing a system call issued by an application program, the system call identifying data in relation to which functionality of the system call is requested to be performed by the application program; determining whether the system call is a potential data leaking system call from an identity of the system call itself regardless of an identity of the application program that issued the system call; in response to determining that th…

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What does patent US8978092B2 cover?
A data leak from a computer can be prevented by intercepting one or more system calls from an unknown application and applying different policies to the intercepted action associated with the system call(s) depending on the data itself and the metadata of a document associated with the system call.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Balinsky Helen, Perez David Subiros, Simske Steven J, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F21/554. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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