Patent ID: 9721090
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of enabling efficient inspection of content by Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) application, the method comprising: providing a list of content objects previously accessed by said application; performing Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) inspection of a content object included in said list, wherein said DLP inspection comprises inspecting said content object by a Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) module to detect possible data leakage, and recording a Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) inspection parameter associated with said content object and related to said DLP inspecting of said content object, wherein the DLP inspection parameter is a time of most-recent DLP inspection of said content object; in response to an attempt made by said application to access a content object included in said list, determining whether or not content of the content object was modified after said content object was last inspected by said DLP module by examining the DLP inspection parameter associated with said content object; if the content of the content object was not modified after its most-recent DLP inspection as determined based on the DLP inspection parameter of said content object, then enabling said application to efficiently access the content object without re-performing DLP inspection of said content object for Data Leakage Prevention (DLP); if the content of the content object was modified after its most-recent DLP inspection as determined based on the DLP inspection parameter of said content object, then performing a fresh Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) inspection of said content object; and performing an action based on results of said fresh DLP inspection of said content object.