IP Library Granted Patent US 12705386
Granted Patent B1
US 12705386 · App. 18/231,059 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Automated system to classify, monitor, and protect sensitive data and provide regulation compliance

Inventors: Amr Ali Baghdadi (Dubai, AE); Nour Shawky (Cairo, EG); Mohamed Hamed Abdalla Hammad (Alexandria, EG); Abdelrahman Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud (Suez, EG)
G06F21/6245G06F16/35G06F40/103
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12705386
App. No.
18/231,059
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

A network system using artificial intelligence provides a comprehensive and automated solution for sensitive data discovery, classification, regulation compliance, and data protection. The system and method described herein use artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to provide an accurate, efficient, and customizable solution for sensitive data protection, for both structured and unstructured data and in multiple formats, and in both textual and visual form. The system provides connections to use artificial intelligence to discover, classify and protect data on network devices to: analyze data to identify sensitive information; validate the sensitivity and reduce false positives; match sensitive data with regulations; classify files to international standard labels; train on classified data with custom labels; classify data with the custom labels; suggest security policies for compliance; and assist users in using the system.

Claims (47)

1 . A system to provide connections to use artificial intelligence to discover, classify and protect data on network devices, comprising:

a processor coupled to a storage device, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage device to cause the system to:

receive data associated with one or more network devices of a network system;

use artificial intelligence to analyze the data to identify sensitive data;

use artificial intelligence to validate the identified sensitive data;

use artificial intelligence to match sensitive data with regulated data;

use artificial intelligence to classify files to international standard labels;

use artificial intelligence to train on classified data with custom labels;

use artificial intelligence to classify data with the custom labels; and

use artificial intelligence to suggest security policies based on the classified data.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising application code instructions to cause the system to display a graphical user interface representing one or more security alerts for the one or more network devices of the network system.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the graphical user interface indicates the one or more security alerts for each of the one or more network devices of the network system based on a color or other visual indicator.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more security alerts are based on the sensitive data, the regulated data, and the classified data.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the artificial intelligence used to identify sensitive data and matched regulated data is performed with a deep learning model.

6 . The system of claim 5 , further comprising application code instructions to generate an intermediate representation of the classified data, the intermediate representation only readable by the deep learning model.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein validating the identified sensitive data reduces false positive sensitive data results.

8 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising application code instructions to cause the system to build a graph of identified sensitive data, matched regulation data, and classified data.

9 . A method to use artificial intelligence to discover, classify and protect data on network devices, comprising:

by one or more computing devices:

receiving data associated with one or more network devices of a network system;

using artificial intelligence to analyze the data to identify sensitive data;

using artificial intelligence to validate the identified sensitive data;

using artificial intelligence to match sensitive data with regulated data;

using artificial intelligence to classify files to international standard labels;

using artificial intelligence to train on classified data with custom labels;

using artificial intelligence to classify data with the custom labels; and

using artificial intelligence to suggest security policies based on the classified data.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying a graphical user interface representing one or more security alerts for the one or more network devices of the network system.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the graphical user interface indicates the one or more security alerts for each of the one or more network devices of the network system based on a color or other visual indicator.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more security alerts are based on the sensitive data, the regulated data, and the classified data.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the artificial intelligence used to identify sensitive data and matched regulated data is performed with a deep learning model.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising generating an intermediate representation of the classified data, the intermediate representation only readable by the deep learning model.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein validating the identified sensitive data reduces false positive sensitive data results.

16 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising building a graph of identified sensitive data, matched regulation data, and classified data.

17 . A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied thereon, the computer-readable program instructions comprising computer-readable program instructions to:

receive data associated with one or more network devices of a network system;

use artificial intelligence to analyze the data to identify sensitive data;

use artificial intelligence to validate the identified sensitive data;

use artificial intelligence to match sensitive data with regulated data;

use artificial intelligence to classify files to international standard labels;

use artificial intelligence to train on classified data with custom labels;

use artificial intelligence to classify data with the custom labels; and

use artificial intelligence to suggest security policies based on the classified data.

18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising computer-readable program instructions to cause the system to display a graphical user interface representing one or more security alerts for the one or more network devices of the network system.

19 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the artificial intelligence to identify sensitive data and matched regulated data is performed with a deep learning model.

20 . The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising computer-readable program instructions to cause the system to build a graph of identified sensitive data, matched regulation data, and classified data.