Intelligent automated method for securing confidential and sensitive information displayed on a computer monitor

A data processing system for automatically securing confidential information displayed on a computer, the data processing system comprising:

• a bus;
• a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains computer usable code;
• at least one managed device connected to the bus;
• a communications unit connected to the bus;
• and
• a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to display confidential information in an application on a computer, wherein the application is registered in a registration list comprising a list of all applications containing confidential information, monitor an area around a user of the computer for a possible intruder using a monitoring device, identify an action for securing the confidential information displayed on the computer based on the applications specified in the registration list in response to detecting a possible intruder, and execute the action.

A computer program product for automatically securing confidential information displayed on a computer, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer usable program code tangibly embodied thereon, the computer usable program code comprising:
• computer usable program code for displaying confidential information in an application on a computer, wherein the application is registered in a registration list comprising a list of all applications containing confidential information;
• computer usable program code for monitoring an area around a user of the computer for a possible intruder using a monitoring device;
• computer usable program code for identifying an action for securing the confidential information displayed on the computer based on the applications specified in the registration list in response to detecting a possible intruder;
• and
• computer usable program code for executing the action.