Survivability

Survivability is the ability to remain alive or continue to exist. The term has more specific meaning in certain contexts.

Engineering[edit]

In engineering, survivability is the quantified ability of a system, subsystem, equipment, process, or procedure to continue to function during and after a natural or man-made disturbance; for example a nuclear electromagnetic pulse from the detonation of a nuclear weapon.

For a given application, survivability must be qualified by specifying the range of conditions over which the entity will survive, the minimum acceptable level or post-disturbance functionality, and the maximum acceptable downtime.^[1]

Detectability - the inability to avoid being aurally and visually detected as well as detected by radar (by an observer).

Susceptibility - the inability to avoid being hit (by a weapon).

- the inability to withstand the hit.

Vulnerability

Recoverability - longer-term post-hit effects, damage control, and firefighting, capability restoration, or (in extremis) escape and evacuation.

Network[edit]

Definitions of network survivability[edit]

"The capability of a system to fulfill its mission, in a timely manner, in the presence of threats such as attacks or large-scale natural disasters. Survivability is a subset of resilience."^[9]^[10]

“The capability of a system to fulfill its mission, in a timely manner, in the presence of attacks, failures, or accidents.”^[11]

Availability

List of system quality attributes

The Initiative

ResiliNets

RESIST Vulnerability Assessment Code

RESIST

SURVIVE Vulnerability Assessment Code

SURVIVE

Aerospace Systems Survivability Handbook - Vol. 1 Handbook Overview

Naval Survivability Assessment Software

SURMA

Counter-Terrorist Threat Intelligence

HMS

United States Air Force and NATO Report RTO-TR-015 AC/323/(HFM-015)/TP-1 (2001)