A communication control method executed by a processor included in a communication control device that controls communication with a communication device, the method includes, when a communication access to the communication device is detected, specifying a related characteristic corresponding to the communication device by referring to a first memory that stores communication device-related characteristics, determining a security function corresponding to the specified related characteristic by referring to a second memory that stores executable security functions for the communication device-related characteristics, and executing the security function determined at the determining for the communication device of the communication access.