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Fail Safe

nounid 2550·updated May 9, 2026
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Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Fail Saves
possessive
Fail Safe's
pluralpossessive
Fail Saves'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.

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