Patent ID: 8792858

Claim:
A method for adapting security settings of a communication station depending on a security relevant event, the communication station comprising a mobile terminal with an identification module, the method comprising: identifying the security relevant event occurring in one or both of said communication station or said mobile terminal by one or more event handlers provided in one or both of said communication station or said identification module, wherein the security relevant event relates to at least a change in the hardware configuration of said communication station or mobile terminal; storing said security relevant event in an event registry in a respective one or both of said communication station or said identification module; updating a security registry in the identification module according to the identified security relevant event, wherein: the identification module stores identification information used in identifying the mobile terminal in a communications network and the identification module includes the security registry for storing the security settings; and adapting and enforcing a security level of the communication station according to the security registry of the identification module, wherein said security settings set in the security registry are used to apply security mechanisms in said communication station or said mobile terminal.