Method and apparatus for deferred security analysis
US8181264B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/51
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
It has been discovered that identifying files introduced into a system, particularly those originating from external sources, as being subject to security evaluation and deferring the security evaluation until access or attempted access of the file reduces security vulnerabilities of a system. A file introduced into a processing system is tagged with a security tag if the file is introduced via a supervised introduction point and/or introduced by a supervised program. Upon access or attempted access of the tagged file, security evaluation is initiated on the file.
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