Abstract: An umbrella deployment mechanism includes: a housing contained within a backpack; a frame associated with the housing and deployable between a first position in which the frame is located within the backpack and a second position in which the frame is elevated above the first position; and a canopy associated with the frame and deployable between a first position in which the canopy is located within the backpack and a second position in which the canopy is elevated above the frame.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a surround security system is provided. The surround security system is embodied on a computer readable medium and includes a packet enforcement engine to screen packets to and from the network and a TCP/IP stack, an application enforcement engine to screen packets to and from the TCP/IP stack and applications on the computer system, a file monitor to verify integrity of files on the computer system and a vulnerability scanner to ensure that the computer system complies with a set level of security. The surround security system provides security which protects accesses through the TCP/IP stack for applications, and an operating system of the computer system.