Data and a computer system protecting method and device

A process for protecting data and computer systems, that comprises:

• 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.

A device for protecting data and computer systems, that comprises:

• 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.