Patent ID: 9578060
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06N,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising, for each cross-platform data loss prevention (DLP) policy of at least one cross-platform DLP policy: on a computer system comprising at least one server computer, activating the crossplatform DLP policy for enforcement against a plurality of users on each of a plurality of heterogeneous communications platforms; wherein the activating comprises creating the cross-platform DLP policy, the creating comprising: the computer system monitoring communications of the plurality of users on each of the plurality of heterogeneous communications platforms for violations of the cross-platform DLP policy; responsive to a detected violation of the cross-platform DLP policy by at least one user on at least one communications platform, the computer system dynamically acquiring context information for the detected violation using information associated with the detected violation; and the computer system publishing violation information to the one or more designated users, the violation information comprising at least a portion of the information associated with the detected violation and at least a portion of the context information.