Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems
Computers and Society
2021-07-23 v1 Populations and Evolution
Abstract
We explore the commonalities between methods for assuring the security of computer systems (cybersecurity) and the mechanisms that have evolved through natural selection to protect vertebrates against pathogens, and how insights derived from studying the evolution of natural defenses can inform the design of more effective cybersecurity systems. More generally, security challenges are crucial for the maintenance of a wide range of complex adaptive systems, including financial systems, and again lessons learned from the study of the evolution of natural defenses can provide guidance for the protection of such systems.
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@article{arxiv.2107.10344,
title = {Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems},
author = {Edward Schrom and Ann Kinzig and Stephanie Forrest and Andrea L. Graham and Simon A. Levin and Carl T. Bergstrom and Carlos Castillo-Chavez and James P. Collins and Rob J. de Boer and Adam Doupé and Roya Ensafi and Stuart Feldman and Bryan T. Grenfell. Alex Halderman and Silvie Huijben and Carlo Maley and Melanie Mosesr and Alan S. Perelson and Charles Perrings and Joshua Plotkin and Jennifer Rexford and Mohit Tiwari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.10344},
year = {2021}
}
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20 pages