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This paper gives the main definitions relating to dependability, a generic concept including as special case such attributes as reliability, availability, safety, integrity, maintainability, etc. Security brings in concerns for confidentiality, in addition to availability and integrity. Basic definitions are given first. They are then commented upon, and supplemented by additional definitions, which address the threats to dependability and security (faults, errors, failures), their attributes, and the means for their achievement (fault prevention, fault tolerance, fault removal, fault forecasting). The aim is to explicate a set of general concepts, of relevance across a wide range of situations and, therefore, helping communication and cooperation among a number of scientific and technical communities, including ones that are concentrating on particular types of system, of system failures, or of causes of system failures.
Author(s): Avizienis A, Laprie J-C, Randell B, Landwehr C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
Year: 2004
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-33
ISSN (print): 1545-5971
ISSN (electronic): 1941-0018
Publisher: IEEE
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TDSC.2004.2
DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2004.2
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