Critical component

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001012",
  "term": "Critical component",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A component which is or contains information and communications technology (ICT), including hardware, software, and firmware, whether custom, commercial, or otherwise developed, and which delivers or protects mission critical functionality of a system or which, because of the system's design, may introduce vulnerability to the mission critical functions of an applicable system.\n\n2. A system element that, if compromised, damaged, or failed, could cause a mission or business failure.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from DoDI 5200.44",
    "NISTIR 7622",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/critical-component/"
}