During a post-implementation review, the security team notes that the new e-commerce platform must continue to meet performance and security requirements even if user traffic doubles over the next year. Which design characteristic best describes this requirement?
Scalability is the property of a system, network, or process that enables it to handle a growing amount of work or be enlarged to accommodate that growth without degrading performance or security. Adaptability and flexibility focus on a system's ability to change functionality, while durability concerns its resistance to failure; none of these directly address workload growth.
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