Toggle key blocking method for data security and apparatus using the same
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsYoungJae MAENG, Sang Hun LEE, In Jung KIM
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Abstract
A toggle key blocking method for data security and an apparatus using the same. The toggle key blocking method for data security includes monitoring use of a toggle key on a host with which a keyboard is used, when use of a toggle key on the host is detected, generating details of occurrence of a toggle key event based on a time at which the toggle key event occurred; and blocking use of the toggle key on the host if the host satisfies a toggle key blocking condition based on the details of occurrence of the toggle key event.
Claims20
A toggle key blocking method for data security, comprising:
- monitoring use of a toggle key on a host with which a keyboard is used;
- when use of a toggle key on the host is detected, generating details of occurrence of a toggle key event based on a time at which the toggle key event occurred;
- and
- blocking use of the toggle key on the host if the host satisfies a toggle key blocking condition based on the details of occurrence of the toggle key event.
A toggle key blocking apparatus for data security, comprising:
- a monitoring unit for monitoring use of a toggle key on a host with which a keyboard is used;
- a detection unit for, when use of a toggle key on the host is detected, generating details of occurrence of a toggle key event based on a time at which the toggle key event occurred;
- and
- a blocking unit for blocking the use of the toggle key on the host if the host satisfies a toggle key blocking condition based on the details of occurrence of the toggle key event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.