Agenda 2001
Explanatory Notes
An autonomic computing system must perform something akin to healing — it must be able to recover from routine and extraordinary events that might cause some of its parts to malfunction.
It must be able to discover problems or potential problems, then find an alternate way of using resources or reconfiguring the system to keep functioning smoothly.
An autonomic computing system must also detect, identify and protect itself against various types of attacks to maintain overall system security and integrity.
More than simply responding to component failure, or running periodic checks for symptoms, an autonomic system will need to remain on alert, anticipate threats, and take necessary action. Such responses need to address two types of attacks: viruses and system intrusions by hackers.
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