METADATA INFORMATION BASED FILE PROCESSING

摘要

Methods and systems for network level file processing based on metadata information retrieved from a file are provided. According to one embodiment, a file is received by a network security appliance. Metadata information is extracted from the file. The extracted metadata information is processed based on one or more defined rules. An action is taken on one or more of the file or a sender of the file based on an outcome of the processing.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory containing therein:
a file receive module configured to receive a file;a metadata extraction module configured to extract metadata information relating to the file;a metadata based policy implementation module configured to process extracted metadata information based on one or more defined rules; anda metadata comparison based action module configured to take an action on the file and/or sender of the file based on an outcome of the processing.