Security management apparatus, security management system, security management method, and security management program

• US 7,490,149 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2003
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Omote, Kazumasa, Torii, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh; John B.
• Application Number:
  US10/729,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20040168085A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,890 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/14 for detecting or protecting against malicious traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A security management apparatus is capable of taking various security measures while referencing machine information and hence excellent in flexibility and widely applicable. The apparatus includes a security diagnostic unit for making a security diagnosis on the basis of security information obtained from a security information providing apparatus for providing information concerning security in a network and further on the basis of machine information obtained from at least one network machine connected to a network to judge a type of security-related processing to be executed for the network machine and also judge whether or not the security-related processing needs to be executed. A security execution unit executes predetermined security measure processing for the network machine on the basis of a result of diagnosis made by the security diagnostic unit.

Claims

1. A security management apparatus comprising:

a security diagnostic unit for making a security diagnosis on a basis of security information obtained from a security information providing unit for providing information concerning security in a network and further on a basis of machine information obtained from at least one network machine connected to a network to judge a type of security-related processing to be executed for said network machine or a predetermined network including said network machine and also judge whether or not the security-related processing needs to be executed; and

a security execution unit for executing predetermined security measure processing for said network machine or the predetermined network including said network machine on a basis of a result of diagnosis made by said security diagnostic unit, and a connection request accepting unit for accepting a connection request from a newly introduced network machine;

wherein when said connection request accepting unit accepts a connection request from a newly introduced network machine, said security diagnostic unit assigns an address to said newly introduced network machine after placing it in an isolated state and judges whether or not to execute processing for unisolating said newly introduced network machine as said security related processing on a basis of said machine information and said security information.

2. A security management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said security diagnostic unit further uses machine-related information obtained from a machine-related information storage unit containing predetermined information about network machines that are connected to said network or may be connected to said network to judge a type of security-related processing to be executed for said network machine or the predetermined network including said network machine and also judge whether or not the security-related processing needs to be executed.

3. A security management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the machine-related information stored in said machine-related information storage unit is information specifying a security policy.

4. A security management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said security diagnostic unit receives machine information from said newly introduced network machine and judges whether or not to execute processing for assigning the address to said newly introduced network machine as said security-related processing on a basis of said machine information and said security information.