Patent ID: 7840573

Claim:
A system for relabeling files from one security classification level to another, where a security classification level is provided to a file based on security policies specifying a level of security required for access to contents of the file, comprising a processor and software implemented on said processor, said software including: an interface generating process that enables a user to select one or a plurality of files to be relabeled from one security classification level to another to thereby change the level of security required to access the contents of the file(s) and, upon selection of a file(s) by the user, to submit the selected file(s) for relabeling at a particular or many different security classification levels; and a relabelling process that relabels the selected file(s) to one or more designated security classification levels to which the user is authorized, the relabelling process further classifying the user in one or more roles of a multi-person security review of the selected file(s) and segregating access by the user to respective portions of the relabeling process based on the user's role in a security review.