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== Availability
Availability is "the property of being accessible and usable on demand by an authorized entity." In other words all the information should be available and accessible for authorized persons whenever it is needed.
Availability is "the property of being accessible and usable on demand by an authorized entity." In other words, authorized persons should have access to permitted resources at all times.
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=== Examples that compromise availability:
** denial-of-service attacks (Dos)
** server crashes
** even fire or natural disasters
** denial-of-service attacks (DOS)
** hardware failures
** fire or other natural disasters
** software or network misconfigurations
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=== Examples of methods ensuring availability
** intrusion detection systems
** intrusion detection systems (IDSs)
** network traffic control
** firewalls
** physically and geographically isolated location
*** fire- and waterproof
** physical security of hardware and underlying infrastructure
*** protections against fire, water, and other elements
** hardware maintenance
** redundancy