Controlling a computer system

摘要

A method and apparatus for control of a computer system are disclosed. The computer system includes a terminal for operator based monitoring of the computer system. A monitoring device is provided to determine information about the state of the operator based monitoring. The information is communicated to a controller of the data security system. The controller then controls the data security system based at least in part on the information.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a computer system, the computer system comprising a data security system adapted to be monitored by an operator, the method comprising:
receiving, at a controller of the data security system, a signal comprising information about the state of the data security system that is monitored by the operator, and controlling, by the controller, the data security system based at least in part on the signal, wherein in response to a determination based on the signal that the computer system is not currently monitored by the operator, preventing at least a part of data communications in and/or out of the computer system, allowing only a predefined type of data communications in and/or out of the computer system and preventing other types of data communications.