As a result of insufficient planning, all IT systems may not receive a sufficiently accurate system time.

If the manner in which IT systems can adjust their system time is not properly planned, faulty time information can arise in applications. In particular, time-critical applications may enter faulty states or fail as a result.

In one example, a network may be segmented in such a way that NTP servers and clients can no longer communicate with each other. In addition, insufficient planning of time synchronisation can lead to automated processes being executed at the wrong time (for instance).