Patent ID: 7636947

Claim:
A method for distributed management of a phrase-based security policy, said security policy being applied with respect to outgoing digital traffic on an electronic network , the method comprising, within said electronic network: a. providing a storage device, and storing at least two different phrases in said storage device; b. assigning a respective owner each of said stored phrases, and obtaining a respective accompanying security policy for each of said stored phrases from said respective owner; c. providing a network monitoring module, and electronically scanning and analyzing said outgoing digital traffic using said network monitoring module in order to detect at least one stored phrase within a digital item in said outgoing digital traffic; and d. upon detection of said at least one stored phrase within a digital item in said digital traffic: i. electronically applying said respective security policy of said detected stored phrase with respect to said digital item thereby to affect distribution of said digital item, and ii. outputting a notification regarding the presence of said phrase in said digital item to said respective owner, and if said respective owner responds with instructions relating to distribution of said digital item, electronically applying said provided instructions with respect to distribution of said digital item; thereby applying said distributed management of a phrase based distribution policy over said electronic network.