Device management apparatus, device management system, and security setting method

3:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a level setting unit that sets security level, wherein
• the change unit changes, when a corresponding piece of the setting information of any one of the security setting items does not conform to a corresponding piece of the policy information and the policy information defines the pieces of compliant information or the compliant range for the any one of the security setting items, the corresponding piece of the setting information to the compliant information or information in the compliant range in accordance with the security level of the any one of the security setting items.

4:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the change unit changes, when a corresponding piece of the setting information of any one of the security setting items does not conform to a corresponding piece of the policy information and the policy information defines the single piece of compliant information for the any one of the security setting items, the corresponding piece of the setting information to the single piece of information of the any one of the security setting items.

5:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines, for the security setting item for which the policy information defines the single piece of compliant information, whether the corresponding piece of the setting information of the security setting conforms to the single piece of compliant information of the security setting item.

6:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines, for the security setting item or which the policy information defines the pieces of compliant information, whether the corresponding piece of the setting information of the security setting item conforms to any one of the pieces of compliant information of the security setting item.

7:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines, for the security setting item for which the policy information defines the compliant range, whether the corresponding piece of the setting information of the security setting item conforms to the compliant range of the security setting item.

8:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting information acquisition unit further acquires kind information indicating a kind of the device from the device,
• the policy information defines a kind of the applied device for each security setting item, and
• the determination unit determines whether each piece of the setting information of the one or more security setting items conforms to the kind information and the policy information.

9:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display controller that displays determination results of the determination unit on a display unit.

10:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores therein the policy information, wherein
• the policy information acquisition unit acquires the policy information from the storage unit.

11:

• The device management apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a registration unit that registers the policy information in the storage unit.