The future of biologically-inspired security: is there anything left to learn?

  • Authors:
  • Anil Somayaji;Michael Locasto;Jan Feyereisl

  • Affiliations:
  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;Columbia University, New York;University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK

  • Venue:
  • NSPW '07 Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop on New Security Paradigms
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

While biology has inspired much of the vocabulary in computer security, biologically-inspired security remains a controversial research strategy. This panel was convened to address the issue of biologically-inspired security by raising the question of whether there is anything left to learn. The discussion at NSPW touched on many issues, ranging from the nature of evolved and intelligent systems to whether anything in security works. The final consensus, however, was that while there may be promise in biologically-inspired defenses, we need to clarify our goals and develop better evaluation methodologies if we are to see further successes in such approaches.