Methods and Systems for Classification of Sensitive Electronic Resources

A method, executed by a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, for determining a sensitivity of electronic resources, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) obtaining a first identifier set that includes one or more resource identifiers that identify one or more corresponding electronic resources;
• b) obtaining a second identifier set that includes zero or more resource identifiers that identify electronic resources that are classified as sensitive;
• c) determining an association of the electronic resource identified by a selected resource identifier in the first identifier set with one or more other electronic resources that are identified by resource identifiers in the second identifier set;
• d) determining a type of environment to which the electronic resource identified by the selected resource identifier in the first identifier set belongs;
• e) computing a number of users in a user set that are associated with the electronic resource identified by the selected resource identifier in the first identifier set, wherein the user set includes zero or more users that are classified as users of interest;
• f) determining if the electronic resource identified by the selected resource identifier in the first identifier set is sensitive based on a combination of the determined association, determined type of environment, and computed number of users;
• and
• g) iterating steps c)-f) a number of iterations, at each iteration using a selected resource identifier different from the selected resource identifier used in the previous iteration, until at least one stopping condition is satisfied.

A method, executed by a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, for determining a sensitivity of electronic resources, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first resource identifier that identifies a first electronic resource;
• performing one or more of:
• determining an association of the first electronic resource with one or more other electronic resources that are identified by resource identifiers in an identifier set, wherein the identifier set includes zero or more resource identifiers that identify electronic resources that are classified as sensitive,
• determining a type of environment to which the first electronic resource belongs, and
• computing a number of users in a user set that are associated with the first electronic resource, wherein the user set includes zero or more users that are classified as users of interest;
• and
• determining if the first electronic resource is sensitive based on a combination of one or more of the determined association, determined type of environment, and computed number of users.