An electronic data processing device includes a data processing member
provided for controlling, based on first and second encoded data, a
secured operation initiated by a user, a memory which is configurable in
order to delimit at least one secured memory part within that memory, to
each secured memory parts there being assigned a dedicated address range.
The data processing member includes N (N.gtoreq.2) processing units of
which M (M.ltoreq.N-1) processing units are provided to process the
secured operation and at least one of the remaining N-M processing units
is provided for processing application data, to each of the M processing
units there is assigned at least one of the secured memory parts via of a
configuration element controlled by a selected one of the M processing
units. The second memory is provided with a memory access controller
provided for controlling access to the second memory. The memory
controller is provided for detecting an access request to a protected
memory address, belonging to those ranges, when issued by one of a N-M
processing units and for overruling a detected protected address.