On decision support for distributed systems protection: A perspective based on the human immune response system and epidemiology

Sanjay Goel and Jagdish S. Gangolly

International Journal of Information Management, 2007, vol. 27, issue 4, 266-278

Abstract: Information system availability is contingent on a robust security infrastructure that provides protection via preventive, detective, and corrective mechanisms. In this paper, we provide architecture inspired by biological metaphors from immunology and epidemiology for the security infrastructure of distributed information systems. The proposed architecture consists of an immunological model at the micro-level to detect and identify computer pathogens (e.g. viruses and worms), and an epidemiological model at the macro-level to identify distributed attacks.

Keywords: Information security; Artificial immune systems; Intrusion detection; Epidemiological models; Computer security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.02.003

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