Architecting System of Systems Solutions with Security and Data-Protection Principles

The rapid advancement of communication technology realized the dream of interconnected systems. In addition to enabling scalability and flexibility of solutions, this paradigm created new system design challenges. One such challenge is to holistically address security and privacy concerns of solutions early in design while respecting the system of systems context. This paper proposes a method for the concept design phase on how to create design alternatives with the help of security and data-protection principles. The outcome is a set of design concepts that reflect stakeholders' concerns and best practices.