System Resilience
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Anti-Tamper for Software Components
This post explains how to identify software components within systems that are in danger of being exploited and that should be protected by anti-tamper practices.
• By Scott Hissam
In Secure Development
System Resilience Part 7: 16 Guiding Principles for System Resilience
Adverse events and conditions can disrupt a system, causing it to fail to provide essential capabilities and services. As I outlined in previous posts in this series, resilience is an …
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
System Resilience Part 6: Verification and Validation
Adverse events and conditions can disrupt a system, causing it to fail to provide essential capabilities and services. As I outlined in previous posts in this series, resilience is an …
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
System Resilience Part 5: Commonly-Used System Resilience Techniques
If adverse events or conditions cause a system to fail to operate appropriately, they can cause all manner of harm to valuable assets. As I outlined in previous posts in …
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
System Resilience Part 4: Classifying System Resilience Techniques
A system resilience technique is any architectural, design, or implementation technique that increases a system's resilience....
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
System Resilience Part 3: Engineering System Resilience Requirements
At its most basic level, system resilience is the degree to which a system continues to perform its mission in the face of adversity....
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
System Resilience Part 2: How System Resilience Relates to Other Quality Attributes
To most people, a system is resilient if it continues to perform its mission in the face of adversity....
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
System Resilience: What Exactly is it?
Over the past decade, system resilience (a.k.a., system resiliency) has been widely discussed as a critical concern, especially in terms of data centers and cloud computing....
• By Donald Firesmith
In Cybersecurity Engineering
What is System Resilience?
Over the past decade, system resilience (a.k.a., system resiliency) has been widely discussed as a critical concern, especially in terms of data centers and cloud computing. It is also vitally …
• By Donald Firesmith