(I) A type of threat action that prevents or interrupts system
operation by disabling a system component. (See: disruption.)
Usage: This type of threat action includes the following subtypes:
- "Malicious logic": In context of incapacitation, any hardware,
firmware, or software (e.g., logic bomb) intentionally
introduced into a system to destroy system functions or
resources. (See: corruption, main entry for "malicious logic",
masquerade, misuse.)
- "Physical destruction": Deliberate destruction of a system
component to interrupt or prevent system operation.
- "Human error": /incapacitation/ Action or inaction that
unintentionally disables a system component. (See: corruption,
exposure.)
- "Hardware or software error": /incapacitation/ Error that
unintentionally causes failure of a system component and leads
to disruption of system operation. (See: corruption, exposure.)
- "Natural disaster": /incapacitation/ Any "act of God" (e.g.,
fire, flood, earthquake, lightning, or wind) that disables a
system component. [FP031 Section 2]
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See: security incident.