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Protecting Information Using Policies and Encryption

  • US 20130097421A1
  • Filed: 04/04/2012
  • Published: 04/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a document management system managing a plurality of documents wherein the document management system comprises clients and servers;

    at a first client, executing a first policy enforcer program;

    at the first client, trapping by the first policy enforcer program a request by an e-mail application to send an e-mail with a document attachment, managed by the document management system, to a second client;

    at the first policy enforcer program, evaluating at least one policy associated with document attachment;

    as a result of the evaluating, determining that the send request is allowed, but before allowing to e-mail application to send the document attachment, encrypting the document attachment; and

    allowing to e-mail application to send the encrypted document attachment to the second client.

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