@misc{bibcite_26, title = {Understanding the Co-Evolution of Cyber Defenses and Attacks to Achieve Enhanced Cybersecurity}, abstract = {This article examines the notion of cyberattack-and-defend co-evolution as a mechanism to better understand the influences that the opposing forces have on each other.}, year = {2019}, journal = {ArmisteadTEC LLC}, url = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/26487491}, note = {The concept of co-evolution has been most commonly applied to a biological context involving living organisms and nature-based adaptations, but it can be applied to technological domains as well. Cybersecurity strategies based solely on technological features of attack-and-defend adaptations do not immediately reveal a co-evolutionary relationship and are typically seen more as cyber arms races. In order to leverage cyber co-evolution in support of cybersecurity, the human-driven behaviors of cyberattack-and-defend adaptations have to be incorporated. In other words, the mission must serve to drive human motives and goals, and in many cases, must limit the scope of an attacker{\textquoteright}s adaptations.}, }