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The organizational security subsystem: Some potentially catastrophic events
Author(s) -
Guastello Stephen J.
Publication year - 1988
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.3830330105
Subject(s) - organizational systems , catastrophe theory , hostility , function (biology) , organism , process (computing) , environmental resource management , business , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , process management , computer security , knowledge management , environmental science , engineering , psychology , biology , social psychology , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , evolutionary biology , operating system
This article describes a catastrophe theory model of a proposed security subsystem of living systems. It addresses the levels of the organism, organization, and the society. A butterfly catastrophe model is used to describe change among three stable system states: the system is unprotected, the system is protected from outside agencies, the system is protected from both outside invaders and internal disruption. Four control variables govern the process: environmental hostility, externally based protection systems, internal system integrity, and a decider function which utilizes protection and internal resources properly. The general model is explicated for organismic, organizational, and national levels of systems.