Patent ID: 8151249

Claim:
An operating system monitoring setting information generator apparatus comprising: a processor; a monitoring setting information management unit configured to store monitoring setting information used for monitoring performed by an operating system monitoring apparatus; a monitoring setting information output unit, implemented by the processor, configured to generate a monitoring setting information file including the monitoring setting information stored by the monitoring setting information management unit, version information and binding information indicating a correspondence with a monitoring target software program, and to output the generated monitoring setting information file, wherein the version information is information indicating a version of the monitoring setting information file, and the binding information is information indicating a correlation of the monitoring setting information file and the monitoring target software program; and a digital signature unit configured to generate a digital signature of the monitoring setting information file, and to add the generated digital signature to the monitoring setting information file, wherein the monitoring setting information includes a hash value of the monitoring target software program, an address at which the monitoring target software program is stored and a size of the monitoring target software program.