Patent ID: 7886359
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a computer system, a policy for preventing loss of use-restricted content outside of an organization, the policy identifying source data that includes the use-restricted content and one or more columns within a tabular structure of the use-restricted content, the policy to trigger a violation when at least a portion of the use-restricted content is present in text of a message sent by a user to a recipient outside of the organization; searching, by the computer system, the text in the message for fragments that match the use-restricted content from one or more columns and any one or more rows within the tabular structure of the use-restricted content; determining, by the computer system, a violation of the policy based on the matching message fragments; and reporting, by the computer system, the violation of the policy, the reporting comprising specifying the one or more columns and the message fragments that match the use-restricted content from the one or more columns and any of the one or more rows within the tabular structure of the use-restricted content, the specified message fragments indicating an intent of the user to send the use-restricted content outside of the organization.