fail-safes
Redundant safety systems
Fail-safes are mechanisms designed to prevent harm or catastrophe when something goes wrong.
A nuclear reactor's fail-safe shuts it down automatically if cooling fails.
The term extends to any backup plan or redundant system: The contract includes several fail-safes against fraud.
Fail-safe as an adjective describes systems engineered to default to a safe state upon failure.
Stored duplicate for recovery
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
restore · replication · mirror · rollback · continuity · resilience · disaster recovery · standby
Automatic current interrupter
- cutoffPoint of termination
- overrideCancel by authority
- interlockJoin by overlapping
- dead man's switchDevice activated by release
emergency shutoff · surge protector · fuse · trip switch · pressure relief · governor · kill switch · ground fault
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
recovery · restore · replication · mirror · rollback · continuity · resilience · disaster recovery · standby · clustering
circuit-breaker
Automatic current interrupter
dead man's switch · emergency shutoff · surge protector · fuse · trip switch · pressure relief · governor · kill switch · ground fault · lockout
- safeguardssafeguards, protections, kill switch, defenses, emergency stop
fail-safesvulnerabilities
Exploitable weak points
single points of failure · liabilities · hazards · weak links · failure modes