Electronic apparatus, image forming apparatus, and security level management method

An image forming apparatus including:

• a security storage unit configured to store a plurality of predetermined securities together with respective security levels associated with the securities;
• a security information acquisition unit configured to acquire security information indicating the security or securities applied to the image forming apparatus;
• a calculation unit configured to calculate a total of the security level or levels of the security or securities indicated by the security information acquired by the security information acquisition unit, using the security levels stored in the security storage unit;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the total calculated by the calculation unit has reached a predetermined threshold;
• a notification unit configured to notify an operator;
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• an operation control unit configured to cause the notification unit to notify of the determination result of the determination unit.

A security level management method including:

• a security storage step of storing a plurality of predetermined securities together with respective security levels associated with the securities;
• a security information acquisition step of acquiring security information indicating the security or securities applied to the electronic apparatus;
• a calculation step of calculating a total of the security level or levels of the security or securities indicated by the security information acquired in the security information acquisition step, using the security levels stored in the security storage step;
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• a determination step of determining whether or not the total calculated in the calculation step has reached a predetermined threshold.