Systems and methods for classifying electronic files

A system for classifying electronic files, the system comprising:

• an identification module, stored in a memory of the system, that:
• identifies a plurality of instances of an electronic file comprising a plurality of versions of the electronic file;
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• in response to determining that a user from among a plurality of users is interacting with one or more instances of an electronic file by opening the one or more instances of the electronic file on a computing device, causes a file-categorization system to evaluate the one or more instances of the electronic file for importance;
• a collection module, stored in the memory, that collects, via at least one user-state monitoring device, information about a physical state of at least one user while the user is interacting with the one or more instances of the electronic file;
• a determination module, stored in the memory, that determines, based on the information about the physical state of the user while the user was interacting with the one or more instances of the electronic file, whether the user considers the one or more instances of the electronic file to be important;
• a classification module, stored in the memory, that:
• classifies, by the file-categorization system and based at least in part on determining whether each user in the plurality of users that has interacted with the one or more instances of the electronic file considers the one or more instances of the electronic file to be important, the plurality of instances of the electronic file as important files;
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• in response to classifying the plurality of instances of the electronic file as important files, notifies at least one software security system that the plurality of instances of the electronic file are important files, thereby causing the at least one software security system to prioritize actions involving the important files over actions involving electronic files that are not classified as important files;
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• at least one physical processor configured to execute the identification module, the collection module, the determination module, and the classification module.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify a plurality of instances of an electronic file that comprises a plurality of versions of the electronic file;
• in response to determining that a user from among a plurality of users is interacting with one or more instances of an electronic file by opening the one or more instances of the electronic file on a computing device, cause a file-categorization system to evaluate the one or more instances of the electronic file for importance;
• collect, via at least one user-state monitoring device, information about a physical state of at least one user while the user is interacting with the one or more instances of the electronic file;
• determine, based on the information about the physical state of the user while the user was interacting with the one or more instances of the electronic file, whether the user considers the one or more instances of the electronic file to be important;
• classify, by the file-categorization system and based at least in part on determining whether each user in the plurality of users that has interacted with the one or more instances of the electronic file considers the one or more instances of the electronic file to be important, the plurality of instances of the electronic file as important files;
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• in response to classifying the plurality of instances of the electronic file as important files, notify at least one software security system that the plurality of instances of the electronic file are important files, thereby causing the at least one software security system to prioritize actions involving the important files over actions involving electronic files that are not classified as important files.