Patent ID: 6173057
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of securing and monitoring access to information from a computer platform, the method comprising:producing at least one non-rewritable recording medium on which information and operating software are recorded;authorizing users by defining user access rights to the information stored on the recording medium;issuing a portable medium to each authorized user, the portable medium having information regarding the defined access rights recorded thereon;inserting the recording medium and the portable medium into readers fitted to the computer platform;configuring the computer platform of the authorized user into a secure workstation by executing security functions based upon parameters recorded on the recording medium, the portable medium, and the computer platform;loading the operating software from the recording medium to the computer platform after security functions are executed;enabling the information stored on the recording medium to be accessed according to the defined access rights; andenabling secure communications between the computer platform and a connected network.