Moving beyond defensive layers toward security embedded in business processes.
Moving beyond defensive layers toward security embedded in business processes.
Moving beyond defensive layers toward security embedded in business processes.
If it cannot be explained, it cannot exist
We view processes as spaces for transformation and communication. Communication is only valid if it can be clearly explained in terms of role, context, and purpose.
The difference from conventional approaches: Security is not imposed from the outside through system-related rules but arises from the consistency of the process itself. What cannot be justified by process tasks does not exist. In this way, we shift the focus from “What is the system allowed?” to “What level of security is required to meet the needs of process tasks?”
The Limits of Traditional Cyber Security
Modern security architectures verify identities, permissions, and access only based on a system view. Yet one key question often remains unanswered: Why is a particular communication taking place in the first place? A user may be authorized to perform an action.
However, this does not automatically mean that the action is appropriate or legitimate in the context of the underlying process. Attackers are only able to act successfully because their communications do not need to be justified.
Moving toward a security embedded in business processes.
Every communication is evaluated to ensure that it complies with a defined process logic. In doing so, the role, context, data, purpose and required level of protection are aligned with one another.
Only once these conditions have been met – and the integrity of the execution environment is assured – can a process action take effect. Deviations from process expectations are not detected or assessed retrospectively, but are prevented the moment they occur.
The Next Paradigm in Cyber Security
Because businesses run on processes, not on systems. If security arises from the process itself, the role of cybersecurity changes fundamentally. Instead of detecting and containing unwanted activities, their occurrence is structurally prevented.
Unauthorized communication is denied any processing space in which it can take effect. As a result, security becomes an inherent property of process design. The process defines what effects are permitted. The system simply has to comply with the process’s security requirements.
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Regulating Complex AI Systems with Process Engineering
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e-Mail Security with Process Engineering
Despite modern security measures, phishing, social engineering, and compromised user accounts remain among the most common attack vectors.
The reason lies in the communication model itself: security is still based on trust in identities and transport paths. Process engineering extends this trust through the integration into a formally legitimized process communication.
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