Method, system and computer program product for interception, quarantine and moderation of internal communications of uncontrolled systems

    公开(公告)号:US10404553B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15420854

    申请日:2017-01-31

    申请人: Proofpoint, Inc.

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein may intercept, quarantine, and moderate communications internal to an uncontrolled system. An example of an uncontrolled system may be a web application associated with a social networking site. In accessing the social networking site, a user may type in a message. An instance of the uncontrolled system running on the user's device may prepare a request containing the message. Some embodiment disclosed herein may determine that the message is subject to moderation, intercept the request, and place the message in a queue. This determination may be based on the destination of the request as well the type of the message. Some embodiments may reconstruct the original request for resubmission. If the session is expired, some embodiments may log in for the user and resubmit the reconstructed request. Some embodiments may wait for the next time the user logs in to resubmit the reconstructed request.

    METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENFORCING ACCESS CONTROLS TO FEATURES AND SUBFEATURES ON UNCONTROLLED WEB APPLICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20170104791A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-13

    申请号:US15388981

    申请日:2016-12-22

    申请人: Proofpoint, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein provide feature-level access control functionality useful for enforcing access controls to features and subfeatures on uncontrolled, third party Web Applications such as those associated with social networking sites. Specifically, pages of uncontrolled Web applications are programmatically inspected as they are accessed by users of an enterprise computing environment. Specific features on the pages are located and access to these features is enabled or disabled on a per user basis. A modified page is generated if feature(s) on a Web page is/are to be disabled. To block certain feature(s), content may be rewritten on-the-fly. Because embodiments disclosed herein can programmatically inspect a Web page and understand what is on the page at a much finer granularity, it is possible for enterprises to gain benefits that may come from embracing social networking sites without risking the downsides of allowing enterprise users access to uncontrolled Web applications.

    Method, system, and storage medium for secure communication utilizing social networking sites

    公开(公告)号:US11012447B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-18

    申请号:US16588059

    申请日:2019-09-30

    申请人: Proofpoint, Inc.

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein provide secure communication among enterprise users utilizing social networking sites. A server computer may encrypt a post intended for a social networking site and forward the encrypted data or may save the post locally and send a placeholder to the social networking site. The server may receive a message from the social networking site containing the encrypted data or placeholder and determine that a recipient is authorized to view the original post. The server may then decrypt the data or retrieve the original post for servicing the request. In this way, authorized users of an enterprise can utilize social networking sites, which are independently owned and operated, to communicate with each other in a secure manner.

    METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION UTILIZING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

    公开(公告)号:US20200028858A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16588059

    申请日:2019-09-30

    申请人: Proofpoint, Inc.

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein provide secure communication among enterprise users utilizing social networking sites. A server computer may encrypt a post intended for a social networking site and forward the encrypted data or may save the post locally and send a placeholder to the social networking site. The server may receive a message from the social networking site containing the encrypted data or placeholder and determine that a recipient is authorized to view the original post. The server may then decrypt the data or retrieve the original post for servicing the request. In this way, authorized users of an enterprise can utilize social networking sites, which are independently owned and operated, to communicate with each other in a secure manner.

    Method, system and computer program product for interception, quarantine and moderation of internal communications of uncontrolled systems

    公开(公告)号:US10511496B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15420838

    申请日:2017-01-31

    申请人: Proofpoint, Inc.

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein may intercept, quarantine, and moderate communications internal to an uncontrolled system. An example of an uncontrolled system may be a web application associated with a social networking site. In accessing the social networking site, a user may type in a message. An instance of the uncontrolled system running on the user's device may prepare a request containing the message. Some embodiment disclosed herein may determine that the message is subject to moderation, intercept the request, and place the message in a queue. This determination may be based on the destination of the request as well the type of the message. Some embodiments may reconstruct the original request for resubmission. If the session is expired, some embodiments may log in for the user and resubmit the reconstructed request. Some embodiments may wait for the next time the user logs in to resubmit the reconstructed request.