ADJUSTING FILTER OR CLASSIFICATION CONTROL SETTINGS
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1. A system comprising:
- a communications interface operable to receive data associated with a network;
a risk assessment module operable to parse the data to determine one or more risks associated with the data based upon the application of a plurality of tests to the data the plurality of tests being operable to identify a sender and a recipient associated with the data as well as a type of activity associated with the data, the risk assessment module being operable to assign a risk level to the data based upon the sender or recipient and the type of activity associated with the data;
a filtering module operable to filter the data based upon the risk level associated with the data and a policy associated with the network; and
a control settings interface operable to facilitate setting of the policy, the control settings interface including a plurality of substantially orthogonal risk categories associated with various activities.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for adjusting control settings associated with filtering or classifying communications to a computer or a network. The adjustment of the control settings can include adjustment of policy and/or security settings associated with the computer or network. Ranges associated with the control settings can also be provided in some implementations.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a communications interface operable to receive data associated with a network; a risk assessment module operable to parse the data to determine one or more risks associated with the data based upon the application of a plurality of tests to the data the plurality of tests being operable to identify a sender and a recipient associated with the data as well as a type of activity associated with the data, the risk assessment module being operable to assign a risk level to the data based upon the sender or recipient and the type of activity associated with the data; a filtering module operable to filter the data based upon the risk level associated with the data and a policy associated with the network; and a control settings interface operable to facilitate setting of the policy, the control settings interface including a plurality of substantially orthogonal risk categories associated with various activities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a network policy for communications associated with a network, the network policy including a plurality of substantially orthogonal risk categories associated with various activities; receiving communications associated with the network; applying of a plurality of tests to the communication, the plurality of tests being operable to identify a sender and a recipient associated with the data as well as a type of activity associated with the data; identifying one or more risks associated with the communication based upon the tests; assigning a respective risk level to the data in each of the plurality of substantially orthogonal risk categories based upon the identified risks; applying the network policy to the communication based upon the respective risk level in each of the plurality of substantially orthogonal risk categories; and delaying delivery of a communication based upon the application of the network policy. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. One computer-readable medium storing instructions that are executable by a processing device, and upon such execution cause the processing device to facilitate the processes comprising:
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receiving a network policy for communications associated with a network, the network policy including a plurality of risk categories associated with various activities; receiving communications associated with the network; applying of a plurality of tests to the communication, the plurality of tests being operable to identify a sender and a recipient associated with the data as well as a type of activity associated with the data; identifying one or more risks associated with the communication based upon the tests; assigning a respective risk level to the data in each of the plurality of risk categories based upon the identified risks; applying the network policy to the communication based upon the respective risk level in each of the plurality of risk categories; and delaying delivery of a communication based upon the application of the network policy.
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