Source mobile device identification for data loss prevention for electronic mail

US9842315B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Symantec Corporation · US

Inventors

• Shree Raman · Pune, IN
• Pushkar Tiwari · San Francisco, US
• Dirk Kessler · San Francisco, US
• Rohit Surve · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The sources of emails sent from mobile devices using wireless email protocols can be identified. In one embodiment, the invention includes receiving a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)-formatted email sent from a mobile device as an HTTP request. An SMTP-compliant header identifying the mobile device is examined, that was inserted into the HTTP request using information contained in one or more HTTP headers of the HTTP request. Then, an email data loss prevention (DLP) policy specific to mobile devices is applied to the received email.