SUPERVISED DATA TRANSFER

摘要

An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a transfer of data between data communications networks. In a preferred implementation,an apparatus is provided comprising: a data store; computing means providing, in a first computing environment, a first network interface for accessing a first data communications network and a first user interface for receiving a first data transfer request to download data from a data source linked to the first data communications network to the data store; computing means providing, in a second computing environment isolated from the first computing environment, a second network interface for accessing a second data communications network and a second user interface for receiving a second data transfer request to transfer downloaded data from the data store to a recipient device linked to the second data communications network; and data transfer control means with access to resources in both the first and second computing environments for controlling downloads and transfers of data according to the first and second requests, further comprising supervisory means arranged to determine, prior to implementing the second request, that at least the second request originates from a human user.