2015-2 Dove: Natural Security

Rick Dove, Chairman, Paradigm Shift International (www.parshift.com)

Abstract

Natural systems have evolved effective methods for surviving in threatening uncertain and evolving environments. This talk will examine a work-in-process project conducted by the INCOSE Security Systems Engineering working group and masters students from Stevens Institute of Technology. The project has defined a pattern format for modeling self-organizing security patterns abstracted from natural systems, and cataloged some 15 patterns to date. Selected patterns will be reviewed, and their employment in two SBIR feasibility development projects will be discussed. Finally, the need for security modeled on natural systems methods will be shown to be necessary for next generation agile security.

Bio

Rick Dove is an INCOSE Fellow, and chairs the Systems Security Engineering Working Group and the Agile Systems and Systems Engineering Working Group. He was co-Principle Investigator on the 1991 Lehigh University study that gave birth to agility as a systems and enterprise concept, and led the subsequent related research activity funded by DARPA in the ‘90s. Since 2000 he has broadened his agile systems interests to include agile security, with a focus on new security concepts capable of dealing with agile adversaries and rapidly evolving security threats. Rick is also an adjunct professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, teaching graduate courses in basic and advanced agile system concepts. .

INCOSE Natural Systems Working Group (NSWG)

Chair: Curt McNamara — Co-chair: George Studor

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