Definitions

Canonical definitions (source of truth)

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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: 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: 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

Runtime Stabilitythe overarching objective — maintain Protection Attributes at runtime without halting, even under attack.

Runtime Immunitystructural nullification — make attack preconditions or outcomes useless, independent of detection.

Runtime Securityreal-time detection and control — maintain controllability during execution and constrain active threats.

Formal Publication

These definitions are formally published as:
Runtime Stability Framework v3.3
Superasystem Inc., 2026

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18919673 SSRNhttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6376378 GitHubhttps://github.com/runtime-stability/runtime-stability-framework

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  title       = {Runtime Stability: A 7-Attribute Framework
                 for Structural Runtime Protection of
                 Computer Systems},
  year        = {2026},
  institution = {Superasystem Inc.},
  doi         = {10.5281/zenodo.18919673},
  url         = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18919673}
}