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Access blocking for data loss prevention in collaborative environments

  • US 10,216,919 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2017
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to provide access blocking as part of data loss prevention (DLP) within a collaborative service environment, the method comprising:

  • evaluating content of a user processed by a collaborative service, wherein the content is associated with an application executed within an infrastructure provided by the collaborative service;

    determining if information associated with the content matches access blocking criteria defined by one or more DLP policy rules;

    in response to a determination that a portion of the information matches at least one access blocking criterion defined by the one or more DLP policy rules, automatically activating a block access tag associated with the content to restrict access to the content;

    providing for display, on a user experience of the application that is displaying the content, a notification to the user, wherein the notification describes the at least one access blocking criterion and the portion of the information, and the notification includes a control element associated with an action to remove the portion of the information in order to deactivate the block access tag associated with the content;

    detecting a selection of the control element on the user experience by the user to remove the portion of the information that matches the at least one access blocking criterion defined by the one or more DLP policy rules from the content; and

    responsive to the removal, automatically deactivating the block access tag associated with the content to provide access to the content based on a determination that the information associated with the content does not match the access blocking criteria defined by the one or more DLP policy rules.

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