Status Code Guidelines

Code Green, Low
Code Blue, Guarded
Code Yellow, Elevated
Code Orange, High
Code Red, Severe
Code Black, Traumatic

Code Green is when nothing is wrong and no hardware nor software is in danger from internal or external threats.
Code Blue is when something is abnormal and software could be in danger from internal threats, but hardware is in no danger.
Code Yellow is when something is abnormal and hardware and software could be in danger from internal or external threats.
Code Orange is when something is seriously amiss and hardware and software are in danger due to external threats.
Code Red is an emergency code indicating that hardware and software are seriously endangered by external threats.
Code Black is an emergency code indicating that either hardware or software have suffered traumatic attacks and are not functioning.

In Code Green, all software should be stable in condition.
In Code Blue, all software should be on alert, and the endangered software should reduce traffic.
In Code Yellow, essential software should be on high alert, and non-essential software should severely limit traffic.
In Code Orange, all non-essential software must be terminated, and essential software must severely limit traffic.
In Code Red, all software must be terminated, and all essential hardware must be shutdown completely.
In Code Black, all hardware and software must cease all operation, and notifications should be posted.