Biological Approach to System Information Security (BASIS)

Abstract

With the increase of size, interconnectivity and number of points of access, computer networks have become vulnerable to various forms of information attacks, especially to new, sophisticated ones. It should be pointed out that biological organisms are also complex and interconnected systems that have many points of access; these systems are vulnerable to sabotage buy alien microorganisms that, based on the attack mechanisms described in modern immunology, could be viewed as information attacks. During evolution, biological organisms have developed very successful immune systems for detecting, identifying and destroying most alien intruders. This research is aimed at establishing a connection between the basic principles that govern the immune system and potential uses of these principles in the implementation of information security systems (ISS) for computer networks. This is the goal of the proposed Biological Approach to System Information Security (BASIS) that is presented in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA420842

Entities

People

  • Victor A. Skormin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cardiovascular System
  • Cells
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Information Systems
  • Lymphatic System
  • Lymphocytes
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.