Method for providing information security protocols to an electronic calendar
First Claim
1. A method for controlling the security of sensitive information entered into an individual electronic calendar by a user of an interactive information handling system having a display device and a keyboard when a day-calendar portion of said calendar containing a plurality of calendared events is displayed, said method comprising the following combination of sequential steps,(A) entering one of a plurality of pre-established security classifications into said system at the time that each said event is being calendared,(B) automatically developing a security label whenever said day-calendar portion is displayed, said label reflecting the highest security classification assigned to said plurality of events entered on said day-calendar portion, and(C) displaying said security label with said day-calendar portion when said portion is displayed.
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Abstract
A method of controlling the unauthorized disclosure of classified data that is used to describe an event that has been calendared in an electronic calendaring application of an interactive information handling system in which the calendar owner assigns a security classification to an event as it is being calendared. The classification assigned is pre-established by an information security protocol that is either unique to the calendar function or a more comprehensive information security system for the organization. The security classes are pre-established by the system. When the calendar data is presented in a format that allows event descriptions to be readable such as when a day calendar is viewable on the display terminal or in a printed copy, an overall security lable is displayed and printed out when the display is converted to hard copy. The period covered by the security label generally corresponds to the period that is selected for viewing. The security classification displayed is the highest security class of any of the event descriptions that are displayed. Data structures are established for each calendar entry which store the data in the system. These data structures are scanned to determine the overall classification that is displayed for the day calendar. Since a readable security classification label is automatically applied, regardless of whether the calendar presentation is on the display screen or in hard copy, all of the requirements of the established information security system are met and the electronic calendaring application need not be treated as an exception to the information security system. The method allows each calendar user on the system that has an assigned permission level to view classified event descriptions at or below his or her assigned security level with a security label automatically displayed or printed.
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1. A method for controlling the security of sensitive information entered into an individual electronic calendar by a user of an interactive information handling system having a display device and a keyboard when a day-calendar portion of said calendar containing a plurality of calendared events is displayed, said method comprising the following combination of sequential steps,
(A) entering one of a plurality of pre-established security classifications into said system at the time that each said event is being calendared, (B) automatically developing a security label whenever said day-calendar portion is displayed, said label reflecting the highest security classification assigned to said plurality of events entered on said day-calendar portion, and (C) displaying said security label with said day-calendar portion when said portion is displayed.
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6. A method for controlling the security of sensitive information that is included in the descriptions of calendared events that have been entered by individual users, who are calendar owners, into an electronic calendaring application of an interactive information handling system in which each said user has an interactive terminal including a display device and a keyboard for obtaining access to day-calendar portions of his calendar and the calendar of at least one other selected user of the system, said method comprising the following combination of sequential steps,
(A) entering one of a plurality of pre-established security classifications into said system at the time that an event is being calendared which designates the security level of the data that describes the event, and (B) displaying a security label that is automatically developed whenever one of said portions of a calendar maintained by said system, which includes one or more of said calendared events, is displayed, said label indicating a security classification that reflects the highest security classification assigned to said one or more said calendared events being displayed.
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