US 2022/0092214 A1 · DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING TARGET DATA TRANSFERS AND TARGET DATA PROCESSING

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for protection of system software, or data from destruction, unauthorized modification, and/or unauthorized disclosure securing by, for example, detecting the transfer and/or processing of target data. Accordingly, a method is provided that involves: scanning a software application to identify functionality configured for processing target data; identifying fields associated with the functionality; identifying metadata associated with a field; generating, from the metadata, an identification of a type of data associated with the field; determining a location based on the processing of the target data by the functionality; determining a risk associated with the functionality processing the target data based on the location and the type of data; determining that the risk satisfies a threshold level of risk; and in response, causing an action to be performed to mitigate the risk.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

scanning, by computing hardware, a software application to identify functionality configured for processing target data;
identifying, by the computing hardware, a plurality of fields associated with the functionality;
identifying, by the computing hardware, metadata associated with a field from the plurality of fields;
generating, by the computing hardware and from the metadata, an identification of a type of data associated with the field using at least one of a rules-based model or a machine-learning model;
determining, by the computing hardware, a location based on the processing of the target data by the functionality;
determining, by the computing hardware, a risk associated with the functionality processing the target data based on the location and the type of data for the field;
determining, by the computing hardware, that the risk satisfies a threshold level of risk;
and
responsive to determining that the risk satisfies the threshold level of risk, causing, by the computing hardware, an action to be performed to mitigate the risk.

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Data processing systems and methods for automatically detecting target data transfers and target data processing

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Data processing systems and methods for automatically detecting target data transfers and target data processing

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