Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Bio-inspired approaches to network security are garnering increasing attention from both industry andx000D
academia. As the information security community searches for new defense strategies, researchers arex000D
developing algorithms and mathematical models to create network configurations that can adapt autonomouslyx000D
to their environments. This research will investigate robust and flexible architectural solutions able to scale tox000D
the information and processing required by massive influxes of data. Extrapolating from work done onx000D
modeling signaling pathways in normal and cancer cells where both types of cells show resilience as well asx000D
identifying targets for attacking cancer cells, we intend to identify architectures and mechanisms that guaranteex000D
uninterrupted functioning in the presence of adversity. We will apply our research into drug inhibition inx000D
signaling pathways, testing our algorithms and mathematical model in that context, to cyber resiliency inx000D
computer networks. Canada needs effective cyber security for the protection of individuals, industry andx000D
government. We are proposing research to place Canada at the forefront of the next generation in effectivex000D
cyber security systems.