Patent ID: 8578504

Claim:
A method for securing information, comprising: determining a first access to monitored data by a user, the first access comprising the user accessing a first portion of the monitored data; determining, after the user accessed the first portion of the monitored data, first user information associated with the user in response to determining the first access to the monitored data, the first access to the monitored data comprising the first user information; automatically determining, by a processor, a unique user identifier associated with the first user information in response to determining the first access to the monitored data; comparing, by the processor, a policy to the first access to the monitored data utilizing the unique user identifier in response to automatically determining the unique user identifier; determining, by the processor, that the first access to the monitored data violates the policy in response to comparing the first access to the monitored data to the policy; recording, by the processor, an entry in response to determining that the first access to the monitored data violates the policy; determining a second access to the monitored data by the user, the second access to the monitored data occurring after the first access to the monitored data, the second access comprising the user accessing a second portion the monitored data; determining, after the user accessed the second portion of the monitored data, second user information associated with the user in response to determining the second access to the monitored data, the second access to the monitored data comprising the second user information but not the first user information; automatically determining, by the processor, the unique user identifier in response to determining the second user information; comparing, by the processor, the second access to the monitored data to the policy utilizing the unique user identifier; and wherein comparing the first access to the monitored data to the policy comprises utilizing a strength value of the association between the unique user identifier and the first user information.