---
name: framework-financial-services-controls-sc-6
title: SC-6 - Resource Availability
description: 'Protect the availability of resources by allocating _[Assignment: organization-defined resources]_ by _[Selection (one or more): priority; quota; _[Assignment: organization-defined controls]_]_.'
last-updated: 2025-02-26
---

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# SC-6 - Resource Availability
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## Control requirements
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### SC-6 - 0


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









## Implementation guidance
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See the resources that follow to learn more about how to implement this control.


- [High availability overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-shared-high-availability&format=markdown)






## NIST supplemental guidance
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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.