Sketch of a generic security framework based on the paradigms of systemic-holistic approach and the immune system

Everything that we see can be changed. Internet is vulnerable because it was not designed as a whole system. This can be changed by changing the way we think and approach the development of Internet. Initial development of the Internet and other systems focused only on computer technology and communication’s protocols. Many systems are not secure today because most research has concentrated on securing parts of the systems. Hence, we can change this by viewing security of Internet and other systems holistically, by focusing not just on technology and protocols but by considering system’s environments, people using the systems, future of systems and other factors. In this paper we view and approach security of systems holistically. We discuss and suggest a methodology of securing systems based on the paradigms of the Immune system and the Systemic-Holistic approach. The Immune system is used to protect human bodies from for instance different types of viruses. The Systemic-holistic approach views and studies a system as a whole or in details at the theoretical, design, or the implementation level. It takes into considerations technical and non-technical aspects and the system’s environment. The generic security framework has been created for using functions inspired by the immune system and the systemic-holistic approach paradigms to secure systems. The framework contains the deterrence, protection, detection, response and recovery sub-systems. These sub-systems will be generically protecting both at the border and internally in the system. This methodology will improve the way we design security systems by generically considering different factors and people using the system.