Title
An Immunology-Inspired Network Security Architecture
Abstract
The coming 5G networks have been enabling the creation of a wide variety of new services and applications which demand a new network security architecture. Immunology is the study of the immune system (primarily) in vertebrates (including humans) which protects us from infection through various lines of defense. By studying the resemblance between the immune system and the network security system, we acquire some inspirations from immunology and distill some guidelines for the design of network security architecture. We present a philosophical design principle, that is maintaining the balance between security and availability. Then, we derive two methodological principles: 1) achieving situation-awareness and fast response through cooperation among heterogeneous nodes; 2) enhancing defense capability through consistently contesting with invaders in a real environment and actively mutating/evolving attack strategies. We also present a reference architecture design based on the principles.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/MWC.001.2000046
IEEE Wireless Communications
Keywords
DocType
Volume
mutating attack strategy,evolving attack strategy,situation-awareness,immunology-inspired network security architecture,reference architecture design,philosophical design principle,network security system,immune system,5G networks
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
1536-1284
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Quan Yu124123.72
Ren Jing200.34
Zhang Jiyan300.34
Liu Siyang400.34
Fu Yinjin500.34
Li Ying600.34
Ma Linru700.34
Jing Jian800.34
Wei Zhang92546194.57