Patent ID: 9003542
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for replacing sensitive information stored within non-secure applications with secure references to the sensitive information, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying sensitive information stored within a non-secure application that fails to protect the sensitive information from illegitimate access; protecting the sensitive information by: identifying a request by a user to access at least a portion of the sensitive information identified in the non-sensitive description; determining that at least a portion of the request satisfies a data-loss-prevention policy; upon determining that at least a portion of the request satisfies the data-loss-prevention policy, transferring the user from a window frame displaying the non-secure application to a window frame displaying the secure application to provide access to at least a portion of the sensitive information via the window frame of the secure application.