Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic mail security using root cause analysis
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Application No.: US15849152Application Date: 2017-12-20
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Publication No.: US10972483B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Andrew J. Thomas , David James Mitchell , Paul Stuart Murray
- Applicant: Sophos Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Abingdon
- Assignee: Sophos Limited
- Current Assignee: Sophos Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Abingdon
- Agency: Strategic Patents, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/10
- IPC: G06Q10/10 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
Electronic communications passing through a communication gateway or similar device for an enterprise can be monitored for indicators of malicious activity. When potentially malicious activity is identified, a user-based inquiry can be employed to identify potential sources of the malicious activity within the enterprise network. More specifically, by identifying a user that sourced the communication, instead of or in addition to a network address, devices within the enterprise network associated with the user can be located, analyzed, and remediated as appropriate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190190929A1 ELECTRONIC MAIL SECURITY USING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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