Dependency
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Contents
Definitions
European Definitions
National Definitions
USA
The one-directional reliance of an asset, system,network, or collection thereof—within or across sectors—on an input, interaction, or other requirement from other sources in order to function properly [1].
Germany
IT dependency is defined as the situation where "a process depends on IT if the successful implementation of the process depends on the proper functioning of IT" [2].
Academic definition USA
Dependency is a uni-directional relationship of two infrastructures through which the state of the depending infrastructure is influenced by or is correlated to the state of the other [3]
See also
Notes
- ↑ National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Partnering to enhance protection and resiliency, US Department of Homeland Security, 2009
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014
- ↑ Rinaldi, S., J. Peerenboom, and T. Kelly (2001). Identifying, understanding and analysing critical infrastructure interdependencies. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, pp. 11–25.