Critical systems
Systems in which the materialization of
risks have dramatic effect on the
stakeholders
Safety Critical Systems
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Failure may injure or kill people, damage the environment
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Example: nuclear and chemical plants, aircraft
Business Critical Systems
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Failure may cause great financial loss
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Example: information
system. Customer information cannot be lost, or hacked
Mission critical system
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Failure may cause a mission to fail
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Large values potentially wasted
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Example: Space probe. Large sums of money, many years of waiting
Source
Safety-Critical Systems - Rikard Land
Updated on 06 Jan 2016.