Apparatus and method for checking pc security
AssigneeElectronics & Telecommunications Research Institut
InventorsJung Min KANG, Kang San KIM, Do Hoon LEE
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Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for checking Personal Computer (PC) security. The apparatus includes a check module for checking a security configuration of a PC on the basis of a check policy received from a security check server and outputting check results, and a control module for changing the security configuration of the PC on the basis of a control policy received from the security check server and the check results received from the check module. According to the apparatus, a security check agent installed in each PC performs security check and changes a security configuration according to a control policy, such that the security configurations of PCs in a network can be managed collectively.
Claims14
An apparatus for checking Personal Computer (PC) security, comprising:
- a check module for checking a security configuration of a PC on the basis of a check policy received from a security check server, and outputting check results;
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- a control module for changing the security configuration of the PC on the basis of a control policy received from the security check server and the check results received from the check module.
A method of checking Personal Computer (PC) security, comprising:
- receiving a check policy and a control policy from a security check server;
- receiving a security-check start command from the security check server;
- checking a security configuration of the PC on the basis of the check policy in response to the security-check start command;
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- changing the security configuration of the PC on the basis of results of checking the security configuration of the PC and the control policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.