Week 15 Reflection: Which Component Failure Matters Most?

Use your virtual PC architecture and failure-injection revision.

Write 150 to 250 words, or record an equivalent explanation, responding to this prompt:

If one component fails, how do you decide whether the result is mainly a reliability problem, a security problem, or both?

Include:

• one component
• one failure condition
• one CIA impact
• one preventive or protective control
• one recovery control
• one design trade-off from your virtual PC build

Finish with:

The component I would protect most aggressively is ________ because ________.