US Patent Issued to Mimecast Services on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for threat detection and warning" (British, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,909, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Mimecast Services Ltd. (London).

"Systems and methods for threat detection and warning" was invented by Simon Paul Tyler (Wiltshire, Great Britain), Steven Malone (Berkshire, Great Britain), Jackie Anne Maylor (Wiltshire, Great Britain), Wayne Van Ry (London), Francisco Ribeiro (London) and Reinhard Uebel (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to computer security, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for assisting a user in avoiding the accidental disclosure of confidential or sensitive information, as well as avoiding potential se...