Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating secure operations of a wireless device

摘要

An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates security at a wireless device, such as a wireless device comprising a mobile computing platform. A security decision engine is provided that monitors for an event necessitating a security decision. When a security decision is required, request is made of a knowledge fetcher, provided by a trusted third-party, installed at the wireless device for the security decision. The knowledge fetcher obtains the security decision, such as by obtaining the security decision from a remote, trusted third-party server, and provides the security decision to the decision engine. Use is made of the security decision pursuant to a setting for which the security decision is needed.

主权项

1. A wireless device, comprising:
a decision engine element including a decision result detector; a security-decision permission provider; and a security decision event monitor, the decision result detector operable responsive to an indication from the security decision event monitor of an occurrence of an event associated with a security decision consumer application at the wireless device, the event necessitating an event security decision to permit selected wireless-device operation with the security decision consumer application, the decision-result detector configured to detect an outsourced-party-provided response security decision received from a remote trusted security server in response to a request for the event security decision from the wireless device, and the decision-result detector further configured to receive an unrequested additional security decision unrelated to the event, the unrequested additional security decision received from a remote trusted security server and associated with the security decision consumer application, the security-decision permission provider embodied at the wireless device and adapted to receive indication of the outsourced-party provided response security decision detected by the decision result detector and to receive indication of the unrequested additional security decision detected by the decision result detector, the security-decision permission provider configured to provide to the security decision consumer application an indication of whether to permit the selected wireless-device operation based upon the outsourced-party-provided response security decision, and provide to the security decision consumer application a recommended security decision based upon the received indication of the unrequested additional security decision; and an outsourced-party-provided knowledge fetcher element configured to request and obtain the outsourced-party-provided response security decision from a remote trusted security server and to provide the outsourced-party-provided response security decision to the decision-result detector, and receive from a remote trusted security server and push the unrequested additional security decision to the decision-result detector.