[I.8] Communications services failure

Types of assets:

·         [COM] communication networks

Dimensions:

1.   [A] availability

Description:

A cut in the capability to transmit data from one place to another.  This is typically due to the physical destruction of the physical transport media or to detention in the switching centres, either due to destruction, detention or simple lack of capacity to handle the current traffic.

Origin:

Environment (accidental)

Human (accidental or deliberate)

See:

EBIOS: 13 - FAILURE OF TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT