Slides - Åbo Akademi

System Dependability
A. Avizienis, J.-C. Laprie and B. Randell:
Dependability and its Threats (2004):
Dependability is the ability of a system to deliver a service that
can be justifiably trusted or, alternatively, as the ability of a system
to avoid service failures that are more frequent or more severe than
is acceptable
Dependability attributes: reliability, availability, maintainability,
safety, confidentiality, integrity