Patent ID: 8925037

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for enforcing data-loss-prevention policies using mobile sensors, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: detecting an attempt by a user to access sensitive data on a mobile computing device; collecting, via at least one sensor of the mobile computing device, audio sensor data that is indicative of an environment in which the user is attempting to access the sensitive data; determining a privacy level of the environment by comparing the audio sensor data with a set of predefined audio profiles of environments, wherein a first predefined audio profile within the set of predefined audio profiles is correlated with a first risk of data loss; a second predefined audio profile within the set of predefined audio profiles is correlated with a second risk of data loss that is different than the first risk of data loss; restricting, based at least in part on the privacy level of the environment determined by comparing the audio sensor data with the set of predefined audio profiles, the attempt by the user to access the sensitive data.