A patient asks her doctor to send a copy of her records to another medical office. However, the records are not transmitted because her doctor’s electronic patient database is malfunctioning. This type of security failure is called

The database malfunction prevents the records from being sent, so the information is unavailable when it is needed. A security failure that disrupts or blocks access to information is called interference. Disclosure and interception involve unauthorized access to information, while misappropriation involves its unauthorized use.

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