Dependability-a unifying concept

Author

Randell, Brian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ., UK

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

25

Abstract

This paper discusses the need for a clear set of system dependability concepts and terminology, adequate for situations in which there are uncertainties about system boundaries, the very complexity of systems (and their specifications, if they have any) is a major problem, judgements as to possible causes or consequences of failure may need be very subtle, and there are only fallible provisions for preventing faults causing failures. It then relates this terminology to that in use in the survivability, critical infrastructures, information warfare, and intrusion detection research communities, before describing the European Dependability initiative a contribution to the planning of the European Unions Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme

Keywords

computational complexity; fault tolerant computing; security of data; survivability; system boundaries; system dependability; terminology; uncertainties; unifying concept; Availability; Computer errors; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Physics computing; Reliability engineering; Security; Terminology; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Security, Dependability and Assurance: From Needs to Solutions, 1998. Proceedings

Conference_Location

York, UK ; Williamsburg, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0337-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSDA.1998.798354

Filename

798354