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Computer Reliability: Legal Presumptions and Safety must align if we are to have justice! Background The ‘Horizon’ Scandal in the UK was a major miscarriage of justice: Between 1999 and 2015, over 900 sub postmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting based on faulty Horizon data, with about 700 of these prosecutions carried […]
Read articleThe Principles of Safe Software Course – Learn how to develop safe software – and understand what the safety standards are really asking you to do. Software is everywhere. And increasingly, safety depends on it. Modern aircraft, vehicles, ships, railways, industrial systems and other safety-critical systems rely on software to perform functions that can affect […]
Read articleTL;DR Updating Legal Presumptions for Computer Reliability must happen if we are to have justice! Background The ‘Horizon’ Scandal in the UK was a major miscarriage of justice: Between 1999 and 2015, over 900 sub postmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting based on faulty Horizon data, with about 700 of these prosecutions […]
Read articleIn this video, I look at Functional Hazard Analysis with Mil-Std-882E (FHA, which is Task 208 in Mil-Std-882E). FHA analyses software, complex electronic hardware, and human interactions. I explore the aim, description, and contracting requirements of this Task, and provide extensive commentary on it. (I refer to other lessons for special techniques for software safety […]
Read articleThis is the first in a new series of blog posts on Principles of Software Safety Assurance. In it, we look at the 4+1 principles that underlie all software safety standards. We outline common software safety assurance principles that are evident in software safety standards and best practices. You can think of these guidelines as […]
Read articleSoftware Safety Principles Conclusions and References is the sixth and final blog post on Principles of Software Safety Assurance. In them, we look at the 4+1 principles that underlie all software safety standards. (The previous post in the series is here.) Read on to Benefit From… The conclusions of this paper are brief and readable, but […]
Read articleThis post, Software Safety Assurance and Standards, is the fifth in a series of six blog posts on Principles of Software Safety Assurance. In it, we look at the 4+1 principles that underlie all software safety standards. (The previous post in the series is here.) Read on to Benefit from… In this post, we assess how […]
Read articleSoftware Safety Assurance is the fourth in a new series of six blog posts on Principles of Software Safety Assurance. In them, we look at the 4+1 principles that underlie all software safety standards. (The previous post in the series is here.) Read on for These Benefits… This post deals with some crucial software assurance topics: […]
Read articleSoftware Safety Principle 4 is the third in a new series of six blog posts on Principles of Software Safety Assurance. In it, we look at the 4+1 principles that underlie all software safety standards. (The previous post in the series is here.) We outline common software safety assurance principles that are evident in software safety […]
Read articleSoftware Safety Principles 2 and 3 is the second in a new series of blog posts on Principles of Software Safety Assurance. In it, we look at the 4+1 principles that underlie all software safety standards. (The previous blog post is here.) We outline common software safety assurance principles that are evident in software safety standards […]
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