부산대학교 도서관

A system, method and computer program product for centrally managing policies prescriptively assignable to a plurality of portable end-point security devices over a network is provided. Various embodiments incorporate an central management console configured to define a plurality of group folders on at least one administration server accessible by the plurality of portable end-point security devices, define separate policies for each of the plurality of group folders, assign the plurality of portable end-point security devices to one or more of the plurality of group folders in a many to many relationship such that the separate policies of the plurality of group folders are inherited by the portable end-point security devices when operatively coupled thereto. In an embodiment, the portable end-point security devices are disposed as a handheld computer peripheral device connectable to a computer system using a communications port.