Patent Document ID: 8533579
Application ID: 12603465

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a computer system, a keyword included in a data loss prevention (DLP) policy, the keyword comprising a plurality of characters; generating, by the computer system and in response to the identifying, a plurality of permutations of the characters of the keyword, wherein up to a specified maximum number of permutable characters in the keyword are permuted to generate the plurality of permutations; adding, by the computer system, the plurality of permutations to the DLP policy; and causing information content to be searched for the keyword and the plurality of permutations to detect a violation of the DLP policy in the information content.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating, by the computer system and in response to the identifying, a plurality of permutations comprises: receiving user input specifying the maximum number of permutable characters to be used to permute the keyword and user input specifying a number of last characters to be permuted; and permuting the specified number of last characters of the keyword while limiting the number of characters to be permuted to the specified maximum number of permutable characters, when generating the plurality of permutations.