SECURITY ACCESS MANAGER IN MIDDLEWARE

A mobile terminal comprising a mobile terminal platform assembly with middleware security access manager enabling application domain software installation, loading and running.The mobile terminal platform assembly comprises a software services component, a hardware component and an interface component. The interface component has at least one interface for providing access to the software services component for enabling application domain software to be installed, loaded, and run in the platform. The system also includes an access controller for controlling access to the software services component by a requesting application domain software via the at least one interface. The access controller comprises an interception module configured for receiving a request from the requesting application domain software to access the software services component and a decision entity configured for determining if the request should be granted. The requesting application domain software is granted access to the software services component via the at least one interface when the request is granted.