Patent ID: 8042178

Claim:
A computer program product embodied on a tangible computer readable medium for controlling computers to control at least one security mechanism of a data processing apparatus, said computer program product comprising: link establishing code operable to establish an authenticated secure network communication link between said data processing apparatus and a remote alert message generating computer; alert message generating code operable to generate an alert message with said remote alert message generating computer; alert message transferring code operable to transfer said alert message from said remote alert message generating computer to said data processing apparatus via said authenticated secure network communication link; and triggering code operable to automatically trigger at least one security action by said at least one security mechanism of said data processing apparatus in response to said alert message as configured by user programmable response configuration parameters of said data processing apparatus wherein said alert message includes configuration data permitting a temporary countermeasure to be established and said at least one security action includes automatically implementing said temporary countermeasure.