Information processing apparatus, security management method and information processing system
AssigneeCanon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAzusa SEKIGUCHI
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Abstract
When security software is activated, it is determined whether the mode is a safe mode or a normal mode. And the security software switches a monitor in accordance with the mode.
Claims16
An information processing apparatus that operates in one of a normal mode that is a normal program execution mode and a safe mode in which a predetermined minimum software module is executed, comprising:
- a detection unit configured to detect whether an operating mode is the safe mode or the normal mode;
- and
- a security management unit configured to manage security of the information processing apparatus,
- wherein in accordance with the mode detected by said detection unit, said security management unit switches a unit configured to monitor the information processing apparatus.
A security management method in an information processing apparatus that operates in one of a normal mode that is a normal program execution mode and a safe mode in which a predetermined minimum software module is executed, comprising:
- detecting whether an operating mode is the safe mode or the normal mode;
- and
- managing security of the information processing apparatus,
- wherein in the managing, a unit configured to monitor the information processing apparatus is switched in accordance with the mode detected in the detecting.
An information processing system that operates in one of a normal mode that is a normal program execution mode and a safe mode in which a predetermined minimum software module is executed, comprising:
- a detection unit configured to detect whether an operating mode is the safe mode or normal mode;
- and
- a security management unit configured to manage security of the information processing system,
- wherein in accordance with the mode detected by said detection unit, said security management unit switches a method of monitoring the information processing system.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recording a program, the program executing a procedure of causing a computer to operate in one of a normal mode that is a normal program execution mode and a safe mode in which a predetermined minimum software module is executed, the procedure comprising:
- detecting whether an operating mode is the safe mode or the normal mode;
- and
- managing security of the computer,
- wherein in the managing, a method of monitoring the computer is switched in accordance with the mode detected in the detecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.