Articles with tag 'Safety System'

A new approach to software safety

Thu 20 May 2021 - Paul Albertella

Applying functional safety practices to modern software-intensive systems requires a different approach to the established methods enshrined in current safety standards. Codethink have been working with Exida on a new approach to software safety for systems based on Linux.

Does the "Hypocrite Commits" incident prove that Linux is unsafe?

Tue 11 May 2021 - Paul Sherwood

The recent furore around University of Minnesota’s “Hypocrite commits” research, which spilled over from the Linux Kernel Mailing List and into mainstream tech media, has provoked a lot of discussion about the Linux kernel community’s processes, and arguably provided ammunition to folks who have been saying all along that open source software cannot be trusted.

Safety is a system property, not a software property

Tue 02 March 2021 - Paul Albertella

Applying functional safety practices to software-intensive systems can be very challenging, and established approaches have struggled to scale and adapt to the problem. But what is meant by the assertion that "Safety is a system property, not a component property" and how should this shape our understanding of safety when applied to software?

Articles with tag 'Safety System'

A new approach to software safety

Does the "Hypocrite Commits" incident prove that Linux is unsafe?

Safety is a system property, not a software property

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