Patent ID: 8291467

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a policy server that manages a first security policy on at least one first file, the information processing apparatus comprising: a management unit configured to manage a second security policy on at least one second file; a first return unit configured, in response to acceptance of an acquisition request from a requestor for acquisition of the first security policy on the first file, to make a request to the policy server to acquire the first security policy, and configured to send back to the requestor the first security policy sent back to said first return unit from the policy server; and a second return unit configured, in response to acceptance of a request from the requestor for acquisition of the second security policy on the second file, to acquire the second security policy from said management unit and send the acquired second security policy back to the requestor; wherein the management unit, the first return unit and the second return unit comprise one or more hardware processors.