Unified Taxonomy of Physical Security and Resilience

Establish a unified taxonomy of physical security and resilience that is consistent with existing concepts of safety and risk.

Background

The paper proposes physical security as a desired emerging property of defense systems and distinguishes risks caused by external threats from risks caused by the system itself. It concludes that the conceptual relationship among physical security, resilience, safety, and risk remains insufficiently developed and requires a unified taxonomy.

References

Future work remains when it comes to defining a unified taxonomy of physical security (and, by the way, resilience) that is consistent with existing concepts of safety and risk.

— Managing Inherent Risk: On the Conceptualization of Risk in Defense Systems  (2608.28093 - Braun et al., 28 Aug 2026) in Section IV, Conclusion