Security management apparatus, security management method, and security management program
First Claim
1. A security management apparatus for managing the security of a prescribed device, said apparatus comprising:
- a position detecting section detecting a position of said prescribed device; and
a control unit changing a security level of said prescribed device according to the position of said prescribed device detected by said position detecting section.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A security management apparatus, a security management method and a security management program are provided which are capable of performing access control to files, folders, etc., according to a current position of a prescribed device such as a portable terminal to be managed, In order to perform security control on a portable terminal, etc., security levels of the portable terminal are stored in advance in a predetermined table in association with the positions of the portable terminal. The current position of the portable terminal is detected by means of a GPS or the like, and a security level corresponding to the current position of the portable terminal detected is acquired from the predetermined table, so that booting of programs and/or access control to files, folders, etc., in the portable terminal are carried out based on the security level thus acquired.
55 Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A security management apparatus for managing the security of a prescribed device, said apparatus comprising:
- a position detecting section detecting a position of said prescribed device; and
a control unit changing a security level of said prescribed device according to the position of said prescribed device detected by said position detecting section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a position detecting section detecting a position of said prescribed device; and
-
11. A security management method for managing the security of a prescribed device, said method comprising:
- detecting a position of said prescribed device; and
controlling to change a security level of said prescribed device according to the position thereof detected in said position detecting step.
- detecting a position of said prescribed device; and
- 12. A security management program for managing security of a prescribed device, said program adapted to make a computer execute detecting a position of said prescribed device, and controlling to change a security level of said prescribed device according to the position thereof detected in said position detecting step.
- 14. A program stored in a prescribed device for making, upon detection of a position of said prescribed device, a computer perform security control on said prescribed device while referring to security levels, which are stored in advance in association with positions of said prescribed device, based on said position of said prescribed device detected.
- 16. A data storage medium readable by a computer, said medium storing data for the processing of managing the security of a prescribed device, said medium further storing positions and security levels of said prescribed device in association with each other, said security levels being information which is referred to based on a detected position of said predetermined device, whereby security control on said prescribed device is performed based on a result of the reference.
Specification