Using a measure of influence of sender in determining a security risk associated with an electronic message
AssigneeAgari Data, Inc.
InventorsBjorn Markus Jakobsson, Siobhán McNamara, Patrick Richard Peterson, Jacob Rudee Rideout
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Abstract
A measure of influence of a sender entity is determined for a message receiving entity based at least in part on an analysis of previous electronic messages sent by the sender entity. An electronic message associated with the sender entity is received. The measure of influence of the sender entity is utilized to determine a security risk associated with the received electronic message.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining a measure of influence of a sender entity for a message receiving entity based at least in part on an analysis of previous electronic messages sent by the sender entity;
- receiving an electronic message associated with the sender entity;
- and
- utilizing the measure of influence of the sender entity to determine using a processor a security risk associated with the received electronic message.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
- determine a measure of influence of a sender entity for a message receiving entity based at least in part on an analysis of previous electronic messages sent by the sender entity;
- receive an electronic message associated with the sender entity;
- and
- utilize the measure of influence of the sender entity to determine a security risk associated with the received electronic message.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- determining a measure of influence of a sender entity for a message receiving entity based at least in part on an analysis of previous electronic messages sent by the sender entity;
- receiving an electronic message associated with the sender entity;
- and
- utilizing the measure of influence of the sender entity to determine a security risk associated with the received electronic message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.