Not Allowed To Access System Properties Error - how to resolve?

I have a java agent designed to call a web service over SSL. When I attempt to run the agent on schedule, it errors out saying “not allowed to access system properties.” From this error, I can deduce that I need to change something so that my code has permission to access system properties and change/set some of them (java keystore, for example). I’m very new to java and to web services, so I’ve no idea what I might need to change to resolve this issue - I’m hoping you experts out there will have suggestions for me…Thanks in advance.