Patent ID: 9246944
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for enforcing data loss prevention policies on mobile devices, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a mobile device that is connected to a network and that comprises sensitive data and that is in a charging state in which the mobile device draws power from a source other than a primary battery of the mobile device; requesting, from a data loss prevention policy database via the network, a data loss prevention policy category for the sensitive data on the mobile device based on an analysis of at least a portion of the sensitive data at the data loss prevention policy database, wherein the data loss prevention policy category indicates a type of risk caused by potential loss of the sensitive data; receiving, from the data loss prevention policy database via the network, the data loss prevention policy category for the sensitive data on the mobile device; tagging, based on the data loss prevention policy category, the sensitive data on the mobile device with a data loss prevention policy tag; determining that the mobile device is no longer connected to the network; while the mobile device is not connected to the network, enforcing on the mobile device, based on the data loss prevention policy tag, a data loss prevention rule for the data loss prevention category of the sensitive data without communicating with the data loss prevention policy database.