Towards a Prevention Security Oriented Mindset in Managing Optical Networks

Reading the title of this paper, chances are, one cannot help but notice two main axes. The first relates to the prevention mindset, while the second is about network management within the context of Optical Networks. The... [ view full abstract ]

Reading the title of this paper, chances are, one cannot help but notice two main axes. The first relates to the prevention mindset, while the second is about network management within the context of Optical Networks. The paper aims to address this over four stages. In the first stage, we present a research inventory covering recent studies on preventative mindset characteristics within psychology, and behavioral science domains. In the second stage, we perform, yet another research inventory, but this time on papers related to network management in general, and optical networks in particular. In the third stage, we present the latest optical networks characteristics, applications, and industry trends. While in the last stage, we analyze, synthesize, and propose a novel behav-realistic framework, designed based on recent psychology and behavioral science research on prevention mindset, as well as the latest characteristics, applications, and industry trends associated with optical networks and their management. The combination of these two areas of “behavioral” science and “realistic” expectations based on recent trends is what inspired us to call this novel framework a “behav-realistic” framework, which we’ll be presenting in this work.