Patent ID: 8752172
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In an electronic system, a method of processing an email message, the method comprising: receiving the email message from a network; performing an authenticity analysis operation to determine authenticity of the email message; and forwarding a copy of the email message to an external central hub through the network when a result of the authenticity analysis operation indicates that the email message is not authentic, and refraining from sending the copy of the email message to the external central hub through the network when the result of the authenticity analysis operation indicates that the email message is authentic; wherein performing the authenticity analysis operation to determine authenticity of the email message includes: generating a risk score based on the email message, and providing, as the result of the authenticity analysis operation, (i) a first value indicating that the email message is not authentic when the risk score exceeds a predetermined threshold, and (ii) a second value indicating that the email message is authentic when the risk score does not exceed the predetermined threshold.