Method and system for managing security of a remote device using a multifunction peripheral

Abstract

A multifunction peripheral that can set appropriate criteria of security levels for another device, and improves usability while lowering a risk of data alteration, information leakage and the like by including a holding partholding therein security criteria set for the image processing functions in one-to-one correspondence; a receiverthat receives, from an external terminal, a request for an access that is necessary for executing at least one of the image processing functions; an acquisition partthat acquires, from the external terminal, security information that is a security indicator regarding the access from the external terminal; a judgment partthat judges whether or not one of the security criteria set for the at least one of the image processing functions is met, based on the acquired security information; an access controllerthat permits the access if the judgment partjudges affirmatively, and prohibits the access or permit the access with a limitation if the judgment partjudges negatively; and an execution partthat executes the at least one of the image processing functions, if the access controller permits the access.