A Bio-Inspired Concept for Information Security Modelling

A Bio-Inspired Concept for Information Security Modelling

O. S. Ogundele, B. K. Alese, O. O. Mathew
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466626461|ISBN10: 1466626461|EISBN13: 9781466626775
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2646-1.ch018
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Ogundele, O. S., et al. "A Bio-Inspired Concept for Information Security Modelling." International and Interdisciplinary Studies in Green Computing, edited by K. Ganesh and S. P. Anbuudayasankar, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 247-262. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2646-1.ch018

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Ogundele, O. S., Alese, B. K., & Mathew, O. O. (2013). A Bio-Inspired Concept for Information Security Modelling. In K. Ganesh & S. Anbuudayasankar (Eds.), International and Interdisciplinary Studies in Green Computing (pp. 247-262). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2646-1.ch018

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Ogundele, O. S., B. K. Alese, and O. O. Mathew. "A Bio-Inspired Concept for Information Security Modelling." In International and Interdisciplinary Studies in Green Computing, edited by K. Ganesh and S. P. Anbuudayasankar, 247-262. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2646-1.ch018

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Abstract

Bio-inspired models for information security were designed to demonstrate the performances by which biology achieves security. Existing research focuses on borrowing partial ideas from biological systems to resolve some facet of information security in a network environment, such as intrusion detection and fault tolerance. This work uses the bio-inspired concept of the body system to demonstrate an information security model that makes use of the immune system. The white blood cells (leucocytes) produce the antibodies (lymphocyte) that fight against all antigens (foreign materials) and kill them. The skin layer of the body contains keratin that prevents microorganisms from penetrating the body. The authors relate the processes in biological systems to information security using mechanisms of the immune system in molecular biology as the key paradigm. Theory of set and algebra were used to describe the relationship between the immune system and the information security model. A simple simulator was developed to demonstrate the operation of the designed bio-inspired model. Although the simulator was tested with assumed data, the work offered insight into how the immune system of biology can be adapted to design and implement a more secure information security system.

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