Automatic self-protection for a portable electronic device

A mobile computing device, comprising:

• a plurality of processors;
• a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium coupled to the plurality of processors;
• a plurality of sensors;
• and
• logic, stored on the computer-readable recording medium and executed on the plurality of processors, to perform a method the method comprising:
• monitoring the plurality of sensors;
• receiving, on the mobile computing device, context data from a plurality of context-service applications;
• selecting a set of device-protection policies based upon an availability of the plurality of sensors and the plurality of context-service applications, wherein the set of device-protection policies are configured to determine a level of risk to the mobile computing device based on sensor data received from the plurality of sensors and the context data, wherein the context data is used as a factor in determining a potential hazard to the mobile computing device prior to an actual hazard corresponding to the potential hazard being detected by a sensor of the plurality of sensors;
• applying the sensor data and the context data to the set of device protection policies to generate the level of risk;
• and
• triggering a self-protection action if the level of risk exceeds a pre-determined threshold level of risk.

A computer programming product for protecting a mobile computing device comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a plurality of processors to perform a method comprising, comprising:

• monitoring a plurality of sensors the mobile computing device;
• receiving, on the mobile computing device, context data from a plurality of context-service applications;
• selecting a set of device-protection policies based upon an availability of the plurality of sensors and the plurality of context-service applications, wherein the set of device-protection policies are configured to determine a level of risk to the mobile computing device based on sensor data received from the plurality of sensors and the context data, wherein the context data is used as a factor in determining a potential hazard to the mobile computing device prior to an actual hazard corresponding to the potential hazard being detected by a sensor of the plurality of sensors;
• applying the sensor data and the context data to the set of device-protection policies to generate the level of risk;
• and
• triggering a self-protection action if the level of risk exceeds a pre-determined threshold level of risk.