Definitions

Canonical definitions (source of truth)

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Runtime Stability — Definition

Runtime Stability is a technology framework for structurally maintaining the seven Protection Attributes defined herein when a computer system faces cyberattacks, failures, or anomalies during execution (runtime).

Runtime Immunity — Definition

Runtime Immunity: A technical system that, even when an attack reaches the system, structurally nullifies the preconditions or outcomes of the attack, maintaining Protection Attributes without halting the system.

Runtime Security — Definition

Runtime Security: A technical system that detects attacks, anomalies, and unauthorized activities in real time during the state in which a processor executes its instruction set and data is loaded into memory (runtime), maintaining the system’s Controllability.

How the three relate (high-level)

• Runtime Stability: the overarching objective—maintain Protection Attributes at runtime without halting, even under attack.
• Runtime Immunity: structural nullification—make attack preconditions or outcomes useless, independent of detection.
• Runtime Security: real-time detection and control—maintain controllability during execution and constrain active threats.