| Title: |
Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems |
| Authors: |
Schrom, Edward; Kinzig, Ann; Forrest, Stephanie; Graham, Andrea L; Levin, Simon A; Bergstrom, Carl T; Castillo-Chavez, Carlos; Collins, James P; de Boer, Rob J; Doupé, Adam; Ensafi, Roya; Feldman, Stuart; Grenfell, Bryan T; Halderman, J Alex; Huijben, Silvie; Maley, Carlo; Moses, Melanie; Perelson, Alan S; Perrings, Charles; Plotkin, Joshua; Rexford, Jennifer; Tiwari, Mohit; Sub Theoretical Biology; Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Subject Terms: |
Complex systems; Cybersecurity; Defense; Immunology; Taverne; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Applied Mathematics; General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Immunology and Microbiology; Statistics and Probability; Modelling and Simulation |
| Description: |
Defending against novel, repeated, or unpredictable attacks, while avoiding attacks on the 'self', are the central problems of both mammalian immune systems and computer systems. Both systems have been studied in great detail, but with little exchange of information across the different disciplines. Here, we present a conceptual framework for structured comparisons across the fields of biological immunity and cybersecurity, by framing the context of defense, considering different (combinations of) defensive strategies, and evaluating defensive performance. Throughout this paper, we pose open questions for further exploration. We hope to spark the interdisciplinary discovery of general principles of optimal defense, which can be understood and applied in biological immunity, cybersecurity, and other defensive realms. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text/plain |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0025-5564 |
| Relation: |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/434635 |
| Availability: |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/434635 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AE415A1B |
| Database: |
BASE |