Dependability

In computer science, dependability is defined as

: [..] the trustworthiness of a computing system which allows reliance to be justifiably placed on the service it delivers [..] [1]

Dependability includes the following attributes of a computing system [2]:

Availability: readiness for correct service;

Reliability: continuity of correct service;

Safety: absence of catastrophic consequences on the user(s) and the environment;

Security: the concurrent existence of (a) availability for authorized users only, (b) confidentiality, and (c) integrity.

=See also=

*Fault-tolerance *Ilities *Formal methods

= References =

# [http://www.dependability.org/ IFIP WG10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance] . # A. Avizienis, J.-C. Laprie and .