Patent ID: 8495357

Claim:
A method for data security policy enforcement, the method comprising: inspecting incoming and outgoing data packets from a server computing device for attributes in accordance with a data security policy, the attributes including a label, the label contained within the data packet and indicating a security classification of the incoming and outgoing data packets; processing the data packets in accordance with the security policy based on the label; and routing the data packets in accordance with the security policy based on the label; wherein incoming and outgoing data from the server computing device comprising the data packets is processed and routed in accordance with the security policy on a per-packet basis, the processing comprising limiting the destination of the data packets to a certain storage location within a destination computing device, and wherein the attributes include a status of whether the data packets are compressed or encrypted; and inspecting the incoming and outgoing data packets for a pattern that allows the data packets to be compressed; and creating a history file based on the inspected attributes and the pattern for compression, wherein the history file is a reference to compress and encrypt the data packets in one process.