1. A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising: acquiring at least one raw network DNA component, each raw network DNA component corresponding to an attribute of a computer network; generating at least one derived network DNA component according to at least one derived network DNA component specification, at least one of said at least one derived network DNA component specification referencing at least one of said at least one raw network DNA component; and determining a network DNA for the computer network, the network DNA taxonomically classifying the computer network, and the network DNA comprising at least one of said at least one derived network DNA component.