Secure Design: A Practical Approach for Systems Engineers

Mark Winstead (MITRE)

Keywords
Security;System Security;Resilience;Design;Architecture;System Security Engineering
Abstract
Systems Engineering Vision 2035 states that security will be as foundational a perspective in systems design as system performance and safety. This paper informs such a perspective, borrowing heavily from concepts of inherently safe. Inherently secure design is a design where hazards, susceptibilities, and vulnerabilities are eliminated to the extent possible and the remaining ones are controlled, while still enabling the system to meet performance requirements.