Title: Confidence in a connected world: safe, secure, resilient and autonomous

Author(s): Kate Netkachova, Peter Bishop, Robin Bloomfield

Publication Event: Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, Bristol, UK

Publication Date: 2017-02-08

Resource URL: https://scsc.uk/r896.pdf

Abstract:

Since establishment  of  the  SCSC  in  1992  the  world  of  safety-related computing and assurance has changede normously, but the fundamental principles of the  approaches articulated in the  first decade  of the  club remain valid. However, since  2000  the  dramatic  growth  in  the Internet and  the  changes  to security threats exemplified by  the  attacks of 9/11 have changed the  safety  engineering world. The need for change is further illustrated by the impact of climate  change,  the  growing  importance  of  interdependencies  and  lessons  from Fukushima accident emphasising the need for resilience. Innovation in technology,  in  particular  the  increasing  autonomy  of  systems, also  provides another driver for change. The paper therefore discusses these three challenges: security-informed  safety,  resilience  and  autonomy.  But  in  addition  there  is  a  significant challenge in that we must not forget “normal business”: the  challenge  of continuing  to apply what we  know  in  a  rigorous and  competent  manner  in  the light of organisational change, project pressures and resource limitations.