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[[Category:Safety]]
 
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[[File:ae.png|25px|right|This is a page providing background in a specific field of expertise]]'''Safety''' is the degree of protection of persons or objects against non-deliberate sources of [[is the opposite of::risk]]. The equivalent term used for deliberate sources of risk, is [[similar to::security]].
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[[File:ae.png|25px|right|This is a page providing background in a specific field of expertise]]'''Safety''' is the degree of protection of persons or objects against non-deliberate sources of [[risk]]. The equivalent term used for deliberate sources of risk, is [[security]].
   
 
== Types of safety ==
 
== Types of safety ==
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In this wiki, we will use the term primarily in its second meaning. In this meaning, security includes the threat types of
 
In this wiki, we will use the term primarily in its second meaning. In this meaning, security includes the threat types of
* [[reduces::natural threat]]s,
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* [[natural threat]]s,
* [[reduces::human failure]],
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* [[human failure]],
* [[reduces::technical failure]] and
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* [[technical failure]] and
* [[reduces::failure of critical services]].
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* [[failure of critical services]].
   
 
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Revision as of 00:12, 20 January 2018

This is a page providing background in a specific field of expertise

Safety is the degree of protection of persons or objects against non-deliberate sources of risk. The equivalent term used for deliberate sources of risk, is security.

Types of safety

The word safety is used in two different meanings:

  • Safety as a encompassing concept referring to all types of threats, including security threats;
  • Safety as a complement to security, including all types of threats except security threats.

In this wiki, we will use the term primarily in its second meaning. In this meaning, security includes the threat types of

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