E-mail security audit system for company security

• US 20030188196A1
• Filed: 11/29/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeong-Hwan Choi
• Original Assignee: Jeong-Hwan Choi
• Inventors: Choi, Jeong-Hwan
• Application Number:
  US10/297,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20030188196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms

Abstract

An email security system for company security is disclosed. The email security system has a transmission server and a reception server. The transmission server has a mail code assigning and mail separating unit, a database, a security violation checking unit, a virus checking and curing unit, and a mail sending unit; and the reception server has a CGI operating unit. The security violation checking unit checks whether or not the email written and sent by a mail sender violates security, and sets a flag to prevent a mail receiver from reading the email if the email violates the security. The virus checking and curing unit checks whether the main body and the attached file are infected with computer viruses, and sets the flag to prevent the mail receiver from reading the email if the main body and the attached file are infected with the computer viruses.

Claims

1. An email security system for company security, comprising:

(a) a transmission server, comprised of,

a mail code assigning and mail separating unit for assigning the transmission mail code to an email written by a mail sender, and separating the email into a main body and a subject,

a database for storing the transmission mail code, the main body and a file attached to the email,

a security violation checking unit for checking whether or n ritten and sent by the mail sender violates security, setting a flag to prevent a mail receiver from reading the email if the email violates the security, and informing a security computer of the security violation,

a virus checking and curing unit for checking whether or not the main body and the attached file are infected with computer viruses, and setting the flag to prevent the mail receiver from reading the email if the main body and the attached file are infected with computer viruses, and

a mail sending unit for sending a subject of the email, the mail sender'"'"'s mail identification (ID), the mail receiver'"'"'s mail ID, and a transmission mail code, accompanied with a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) or LINK for enabling the mail receiver to confirm the main body and the attached file; and

(b) a reception server comprised of a CGI operating unit for selecting and reading an email from the transmission server, requesting the main body and the attached file, and operating a mail main body and attached file providing unit in the transmission server such that the mail receiver reads the main body and receives the attached file.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the transmission server further comprises a mail deleting/revising unit for deleting/revising the email written by the mail sender.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the transmission server has an email security function of setting a read prohibiting flag in the database by the security violation checking unit, thus preventing the mail receiver from reading a security-violating email and receiving the attached file if the mail sender sends an email containing the internal secrets of a company and then divulges the internal secrets of the company.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the transmission server has a virus checking and curing function of setting a read prohibiting flag to prevent the mail receiver from reading a main body and receiving an attached file, informing the mail sender that the email is infected with viruses, and automatically curing the sender'"'"'s computer infected with viruses if the mail sender transmits an email with a main body and an attached file infected with viruses.