Reviewing effectiveness of communication rules system
First Claim
1. A method for reviewing effectiveness of a rules system, said rules system applying one or more rules to communication traffic of a group of users, said rules being adapted for conforming the communication traffic to a communications policy, said method comprising:
- analyzing a log containing one or more communications reviewed by the rules system to determine if the communications in the log conforms to the communications policy; and
identifying one or more of the rules of the rules system violated by the communications when the analyzing the log determines that at least one of the communications in the log does not conform to the communications policy.
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Abstract
A method for reviewing effectiveness of a rules system applying one or more rules to communication traffic of a group of users. The method analyzes a log containing one or more communications reviewed by the rules system to determine if the communications in the log conforms to the communications policy. The method also identifies one or more of the rules of the rules system violated by the communications when the analyzing the log determines that at least one of the communications in the log does not conform to the communications policy. Other methods determine the effectiveness of planned modifications to a rules system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for reviewing effectiveness of a rules system, said rules system applying one or more rules to communication traffic of a group of users, said rules being adapted for conforming the communication traffic to a communications policy, said method comprising:
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analyzing a log containing one or more communications reviewed by the rules system to determine if the communications in the log conforms to the communications policy; and
identifying one or more of the rules of the rules system violated by the communications when the analyzing the log determines that at least one of the communications in the log does not conform to the communications policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for determining effectiveness of planned modifications to a rules system, said rules system applying one or more rules to communication traffic of a group of users, said rules being adapted for conforming the communication traffic to a communications policy, said method comprising:
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determining modifications to the rules applied by the rules system facilitating conformance of the communication traffic to the communications policy;
applying said determined modifications to the rules system to create a modified rules system;
testing the modified rules system on at least a portion of the communication traffic previously reviewed by an unmodified rules system; and
determining effectiveness of the modified rules system to conform the communication traffic to the communications policy based upon the testing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A control system for reviewing effectiveness of a rules system, said rules system applying one or more rules to communication traffic of a group of users, said rules being adapted for conforming the communication traffic to a communications policy, said control system comprising:
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a rules store containing a copy of one or more rules applied by the rules system;
a communications store for collecting one or more communications reviewed by the rules system;
a processor adapted for accessing the rules store and the communications store for analyzing the communications of the communications store to determine if the communication traffic reviewed by the rules system conform to the communications policy and identifying one or more of the rules of the rules system violated by the communication traffic when the analyzing the communications determines that at least one of the communications in the communications store does not conform to the communications policy. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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