Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sangwan Kwon

Jinsu Kim

Jaemin Ryu

Taeho Kgil

A technique, performed by an electronic device, of managing a security key is provided. The electronic device may receive security information from each of at least one other electronic device, determine a master electronic device based on a security level of the electronic device and a security level of a security level of the at least one other electronic device, the security level of the at least one other electronic device being included in the received security information, generate a security key as the electronic device is determined as the master electronic device, and determine a portion to be removed from the security key for each security level of a plurality of electronic devices including the electronic device and the at least one other electronic device, and provide each partial security key from which the determined portion is omitted, to the at least one other electronic device.

Method and apparatus for managing security key

A controlling method of an electronic apparatus is provided. The controlling method of the electronic apparatus includes monitoring whether an application executed by the electronic apparatus performs a potentially malicious action, detecting that the application is a suspicious application based on the monitoring of the potentially malicious action, and isolating the suspicious application. The isolating may include at least one of: blocking communication with other applications stored in the electronic apparatus (or executed by the electronic apparatus) or blocking access to a shared memory (or shared directory). The controlling method may also include, based on the suspicious application being identified as not being malicious after the isolating of the suspicious application, releasing the isolating of the suspicious application.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sangwan Kwon