DATA AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM PROTECTING METHOD AND DEVICE
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Abstract
The process for protecting data and computer systems includes:
- a step of installing at least one software agent on at least one user workstation,
- a step of capturing, by the agent, information representative of effective uses of resources on the user workstation,
- a step of transmitting remotely, by the agent, information representative of the effective uses of resources on the user workstation,
- a step of selecting, remotely from the user workstation, authorized resources and/or prohibited resources on at least one user workstation (724, 730, 736, 742, 748) and
- a step of transmitting to the workstation information representative of the authorized resources and/or the prohibited resources and
- on the workstation, a step (754) of inhibiting, by the agent, the use of prohibited or non-authorized resources.
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24 Claims
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13. A process for protecting data and computer systems, that comprises:
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a step of installing at least one software agent on at least one user workstation, a step of capturing, by said agent, information representative of effective uses of resources on said user workstation, a step of transmitting remotely, by said agent, information representative of said effective uses of resources on said user workstation, a step of selecting, remotely from the user workstation, authorized resources and/or prohibited resources on at least one user workstation and a step of transmitting to said workstation information representative of said authorized resources and/or said prohibited resources and on said workstation, a step of inhibiting, by said agent, the use of prohibited or non-authorized resources. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A device for protecting data and computer systems, that comprises:
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at least one user workstation on which a software agent is installed, said agent being adapted to capture information representative of effective uses of resources on said user workstation and to inhibit the use of prohibited resources, a step of processing said information representative of effective uses of resources originating from at least one said agent to provide aggregate use data, a means of displaying said aggregate use data, a means of selecting prohibited resources on at least one user workstation.
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