Securing collaboration tools against unauthorized data exfiltration
US11811779B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed technology teaches securing a collaboration tool against unauthorized data exfiltration and malicious files, setting policies for file exfiltration to external guest users, uploading users in the external category, and using a proxy that intercepts an add request and response for a collaboration tool. The add response contains a tag identifying the invited user in the category. The request doesn't identify the user as a guest. Also taught is storing metadata identifying the user in the guest category for applying policies, and using a proxy that intercepts a user request and response for file transfer, and looking up and identifying the user as in the category, and applying the applicable policy. Responsive to the policy, included is invoking DPI and detecting that the referenced file contains sensitive information not permitted by the policy to be transferred by the particular user in the external guest category and blocking file transfer.
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