Innovative Information System Technologies

3 Sigma Research and Professor Sushil Jajodia propose an innovative technology that protects against "information leaks" by insiders, called Document Theft Reactive Attack Protection. DocTRAP: 1) protects against insider theft of sensitive electronic documents, 2) detects malicious insider activity, and 3) reacts to keep the sensitive information from leaving the protected boundary of the internal network. The Phase II SBIR builds on the success of the Phase II technology investigation and validation, and results in the application of DocTRAP technology to solve real-world problems. The resulting Phase II software product protects against the distribution of sensitive information to unauthorized persons outside the internal network. DocTRAP protects electronic information by creating identifying information for those documents that are deemed sensitive. Once under the protection of DocTRAP technology, specific actions on these documents can be detected, controlled, and restricted.