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The internal security subsystem
Author(s) -
Bosserman Robert W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830270202
Subject(s) - risk analysis (engineering) , internal security , living systems , organism , order (exchange) , computer science , computer security , business , biology , paleontology , finance , artificial intelligence , politics , political science , law
Internal security processes protect all levels of living systems from error and disruption produced by internal and external factors. Such processes allow organizations to survive and evolve in a hostile environment. An internal security subsystem may be present at each level of organization recognized for living systems: cell, organ, organism, group, organization, society, and supranational system. In order for internal security processes to be effective, they must ordinarily maintain steady relationships with the other 19 processes which are critical to living systems (Miller, 1978). Optimal levels of security effectiveness exist which maximize the probability of system success. Too much security results in rigidity so the system cannot evolve or adapt to environmental changes, while too little security results in chaos so the system cannot survive. A catastrophe model can be used to describe the relationships between probability of system success, system health, and effectiveness of security processes.