Information processing apparatus for conducting security processing and security processing method

摘要

An information processing apparatus (1) that executes security processing for a storage device (15) connected thereto. The apparatus includes a processing command storage unit (251, 252, 253) that stores a plurality of processing commands related to security processing according to a type of the storage device, a determining unit (22) that determines the type of the storage device connected thereto, an obtaining unit that obtains a processing command corresponding to the type determined by the determining unit (22) from the processing command storage unit, and an executing unit (23) that executes the security processing corresponding to the storage device based on the obtained processing command. The security processing may be used for example in the event of loss or theft of the apparatus (1).