System and method for identity consolidation

摘要

A method and apparatus for identity consolidation for a plurality of electronic identities is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user identification data extracted from an electronic communication, the user identification data corresponding to an unknown identity of a sender of the electronic communication. The method further includes determining a known identity for the sender using the user identification data extracted from the electronic communication and associating the known identity with the unknown identity of the sender of the electronic communication. In one embodiment, an association between the known identity and the unknown identity is maintained to determine whether parties of subsequent information transfers are authorized to participate in the information transfers.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing device executing an identification engine, user identification data extracted from an electronic communication, the user identification data corresponding to an unknown identity of a sender of the electronic communication; determining, by the processing device, a known identity for the sender using the user identification data extracted from the electronic communication; associating, by the processing device, the known identity with the unknown identity of the sender of the electronic communication, an association between the known identity and the unknown identity being maintained to determine whether parties of subsequent information transfers are authorized to participate in the information transfers; determining a measure of correlation strength for the association between the known identity and the unknown identity based on at least one of how often the association is detected and how many times the association has been detected, wherein the correlation strength is maintained with the association; and transmitting the known identity as the sender of the electronic communication and the measure of correlation strength to a communications data monitoring system to monitor information content to detect policy violation incidents.