Image Processing Security Policy Version Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses face challenges in uniformly applying updated information security policies due to differences in available settings, leading to difficulties in ensuring all devices comply with the latest security standards, and administrators struggle to determine which devices have been updated correctly.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus equipped with an obtaining unit for updating security policy data, an application version determination unit to assess compatibility, and an application unit to apply the updates when necessary, ensuring that security policy data is appropriately applied based on the information security policy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security policy data is updated and applied to image processing apparatuses, then compliance with latest security standards is improved, but device complexity increases due to version determination and compatibility assessment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining application version setting values that determine whether updating security policy data is permitted. Before actual policy application, the system checks whether the current policy version is older than the received policy version based on predetermined version setting values, thereby preventing unauthorized or incompatible policy updates while maintaining system reliability.
2Productivity
If automatic application of updated security policy is implemented, then productivity of policy deployment is improved, but difficulty in detecting and measuring increases as administrators cannot determine which devices have been updated correctly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by having image processing apparatuses automatically report their policy application status to administrators. The system tracks which devices have received and applied updated security policy data, enabling administrators to verify update status across the network without manual intervention, thus resolving the measurement difficulty while maintaining deployment efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If security policy settings are customized for each image processing apparatus, then adaptability to different devices is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates as administrators must manually configure each device individually
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a centralized security policy management system that can be applied across multiple different image processing apparatuses. The system uses universal version determination logic and automatic policy deployment mechanisms that work consistently across various device types, eliminating the need for individual manual configuration while maintaining device-specific security adaptability through standardized policy templates.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus that is capable of appropriately applying security policy data based on an information security policy. Security policy data containing a policy name of a security policy and a security policy setting value corresponding to the policy name is applied to the image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains updating security policy data for updating the security policy data. An application version determination unit determines whether the updating security policy data obtained by the obtaining unit will be applied according to a predetermined application version setting value, when a version of the updating security policy data differs from a version of security policy data that is being applied actually. An application unit applies the updating security policy data when the application version determination unit determines that the updating security policy data will be applied.