Patent ID: 9674212
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving risk thresholds from a protected social entity, including a first risk threshold associated with a first type of risk and a second risk threshold associated with a second type of risk, wherein the first risk threshold and the second risk threshold have different values; scanning data that is maintained across multiple social networks, wherein scanning comprises identifying, by one or more processors, data that is associated with the protected social entity; determining one or more characteristics of the identified data; generating, for each of the one or more characteristics, a reference to the identified data that indicates the characteristic; algorithmically comparing the one or more generated references to one or more known references, wherein the one or more known references include references to characteristics of identified data that have been assigned a level of risk associated with the first type of risk, and include references to characteristics of identified data that have been assigned a level of risk associated with the second type of risk; determining, a first risk score for the social entity, based on the algorithmic comparison; comparing the first risk score for the social entity to the first risk threshold; determining, responsive to comparing the first risk score for the social entity to the first risk threshold, that the first risk score exceeds the first risk threshold; initiating a security action; determining, a second risk score for the social entity, based on the algorithmic comparison; comparing the second risk score for the social entity to the second risk threshold; and determining, responsive to comparing the second risk score for the social entity to the second risk threshold, that the second risk score does not exceed the second risk threshold.