SC-6 RESOURCE AVAILABILITY

Control: Protect the availability of resources by allocating [ Assignment: organization-defined resources ] by [ Selection (one or more); priority; quota; [ Assignment: organization-defined controls ]].

Discussion: Priority protection prevents lower-priority processes from delaying or interfering with the system that services higher-priority processes. Quotas prevent users or processes from obtaining more than predetermined amounts of resources.

Related Controls: SC-5.

Control Enhancements: None.

References: [OMB M-08-05], [DHS TIC].