Information equipment, method for supporting operation thereof, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

A computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program used in a computer for controlling information equipment that includes a memory area for which access restrictions are set to limit a first type of user and is connectable to a network, the computer program causing the computer to implement:

• a determination portion that makes a determination, in response to operation for turning a security mode into a mode to enhance a security level, on data stored in the memory area, whether or not any one of the following three conditions satisfies security requirements after the security level is enhanced:
• access restrictions set for the data itself;
• access restrictions set for the memory area;
• and second type of user authentication information registered in advance for a second type of user who has stored the data in the memory area;
• and
• an informing portion that receives, from the determination portion, a determination result indicating that none of the three conditions satisfies the security requirements, and sends through the network, to at least one of the second type of user who has stored the data corresponding to the determination result in the memory area and the first type of user who has set the access restrictions for the memory area storing therein the data corresponding to the determination result, a message to prompt said at least one of the users to perform operation for satisfying the security requirements.

A method for supporting operation of information equipment that includes a memory area for which access restrictions are set to limit a first type of user and is connectable to a network, the method causing the information equipment to perform a process comprising:

• in response to operation for turning a security mode into a mode to enhance a security level, a step of making a determination on data stored in the memory area whether or not any one of the following three conditions satisfies security requirements after the security level is enhanced:
• access restrictions set for the data itself;
• access restrictions set for the memory area;
• and second type of user authentication information registered in advance for a second type of user who has stored the data in the memory area;
• and
• a step of sending through the network, if data not satisfying any of the three conditions is found, to at least one of the second type of user who has stored the data in the memory area and the first type of user who has set the access restrictions for the memory area storing therein the data, a message to prompt said at least one of the users to perform operation for satisfying the security requirements.