Glossary: Resilience and Recovery
availability
Also written: uptime
The "A" in the CIA triad: systems and data being usable when they are needed. It is measured as the share of time a system is up, and for a repairable system it equals MTBF ÷ (MTBF + MTTR).
Where the book teaches it
Related terms
CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability)high availability (HA)ninesmean time between failures (MTBF)mean time to repair (MTTR)