Patent ID: 8266683

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a first system in communication with a first network; providing a removable security device having therein a first security process to the first system; accessing a first remote system from the first system for communication therewith; in response to accessing the first remote system, initiating an access process for accessing a second remote system by at least one of an applet in execution within the first system communicating with the removable security device and the removable security device, the second remote system accessible via at least one of the first network and a second other network, the second remote system other than the first remote system; and subsequent to initiating the access process, performing a second security process for controlling use of the first security process, the second security process comprising: when the second remote system is other than accessed by the access process, preventing secure communication between the first system and the first remote system according to the first security process; and when the second remote system is accessed by the access process, performing the first security process in dependence of at least the address of the first remote system to authenticate the removable security device to the first remote system, the first remote system then transmitting data to the first system to establish secure communications between the first system and the first remote system.