Application access control method and electronic apparatus implementing the same

A method and apparatus of access control in an electronic apparatus implementing the method are provided. The method of operating an electronic apparatus includes detecting an access request to a resource from an application included in a first area of a memory by a processor of the electronic apparatus, in response to the access request, executing an access control module included in a second area of the memory to calculate a hash value of the application by the processor, determining whether a record exists in the memory, the record corresponding to the hash value and identification information of the application, by executing the access control module by the processor, and allowing access to the resource by the processor when the record exists in the memory.