摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processor, a processor control method and an information processing apparatus capable of preventing information stored in a protection area of a data storage from being acquired in an unauthorized manner and unauthorized acquisition of contents.SOLUTION: The processor includes access means, acquisition means, and control means. The access means is selectively switched between a secure mode and a non-secure mode, and is capable of, from the respective modes, accessing the storage based on an access request from a processor section that performs a predetermined data processing. The acquisition means acquires a notification representing the mode of the processor section therefrom. The control means permits the access means to access the protection area in the storage only when the processor section is in the secure mode based on the notification acquired by the acquisition means.</p> |