Patent ID: 8942972
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for data loss prevention, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a network configured with a data loss prevention system comprising at least one data loss prevention policy directed to textual data expressed in a primary natural language; identifying a textual object subject to a data loss prevention assessment within the network; determining that the textual object comprises a textual component that is not expressed in the primary natural language; in response to determining that the textual object comprises the textual component, translating the textual component from a secondary natural language that the data loss prevention policy does not recognize into the primary natural language that the data loss prevention policy does recognize; after translating the textual component into the primary natural language, applying the data loss prevention policy to a modified textual object comprising the translated textual component.