%0 Journal Article %T Using Low-Level Architectural Features for Configuration InfoSec in a General-Purpose Self-Configurable System %A Nicholas J. Macias %A Peter M. Athanas %J International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology %D 2009 %I SERSC %X Unique characteristics of biological systems are described, and similarities are made to certain computing architectures. The security challenges posed by these characteristics are discussed. A method of securely isolating portions of a design using introspective capabilities of a fine-grain self-configurable device is presented. Experimental results are discussed, and plans for future work are given. %K Infosec %K Self-Configurable %K Self-Configuration %K Configuration Security %K Firewall %U http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJUNESST/vol2_no4/2.pdf