US Patent 10225237 Systems and methods for improving HTTPS security

Systems and methods for HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), are implemented by one or more servers associated with a gateway in a cloud based proxy. A method includes managing a preloaded list of HTTP Security (HTTPS) support of a plurality of domains; receiving a domain request from an HSTS application executed on a user device, wherein the HSTS application is configured to detect the domain request from a browser or application executed on the user device; and transmitting a response to the user device with header information related to support of HTTPS the domain.